Lot number: 1766

An album of Japanese and Chinese 1930s photographs including: stonecutters rifle range in Hong Kong, colonisation of Panjiang harbour in Sumatra, coronation of George VI 11th December 1936, Wei Hai Wei in North China, the Long-tailed chicken (Hakone) that is now extinct, Tsingtao naval base in Northern China, Chefoo naval air base also anchored is the US fleet, war in China 1937, Japanese flagship Idzumo sunk in 1945 by US carrier, American flagship Augusta that took part in the D-Day landings and was scrapped after WW2, typhoon September 1937 where over 11000 people died, Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, finally the following were all taken over by the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese war: Kulangsu Island at Amoy, Foochow and Repulse Bay

Estimate £300 to £400