Press photographs mainly on the Second World War, the Liberation, the post-war period, Europe, Russia, the USSR, Hungary, Austria, Germany, France and miscellaneous. Set of around fifty prints, mostly silver, counter-types and documents. Circa 1940-70. On verso of some prints, captions (eg: Mr. Khrushchev at the UN in September, Hungary - 17th anniversary of the Liberation, Commander-in-Chief of Warsaw Pact Forces visiting the Polish capital, 45th anniversary of the Revolution celebrated in Moscow, Penkovski-Wynne spy trial in Moscow, Red Army, regulations prohibiting 'fraternization' of Allied soldiers in Germany have been considerably softened, Arrest warrant for Skorzeny issued by Vienna, glaciers, Russian suicides, they are equipped against gas, ....) and/or cachet. Various states and formats.

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