Constantinople
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The Panhellenic Dream (Greek poster, undated)
Text: The Panhellenic Dream. Year: Undated, possibly 1912-13. Publisher: NA. Artist: Sotiris Christidis. Additional information: The poster depicts King Constantine I receiving the key to Constantinople while an angel places a cross on the Hagia Sophia, and Greek and double-headed eagle flags fly around it. Greek Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos is also depicted at the…
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To Constantinople (Australian postcard, ca. 1915-16)
Text: To Constantinople. Britannia called, and swift ere the trumpets echoes died away, / The gathering forces of her children marched in stern array, / From Ice-bound shores and India’s burning strand, / From wave-tipped Isles and Austal’s sunny land, / To do or die they came, Brave Heroes of the Dardanelles. Year: ca. 1915-16.…
