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OBJECT TYPE: lithograph/limited edition
DATE: 1997
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0883.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: War Wolf
LOCATION: Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 278/500
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 84.2 cm
Width: 60.5 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Commemorative
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Bailey
Country: Canada
State/Province: Alberta
City: Stony Plain

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: display; commemorate the heroism of Luftwaffe fighter pilots in the Battle of the Bulge in the fall of 1944
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering hand painted on canvas at lower right reads: " Robert Bailey, A.S.A.A. (C) 1997"; lettering printed on border below image reads: "WAR WOLF/While German soldiers complained of being abandoned by the Luftwaffe, many brave pilots/were doing their best to help turn the tide of war on the western front. Depicted is a fierce action fought by IV JG-3/on December 27, 1944, over thye Eifel. Fw Oscar Boesch and ten of his fellow fighter pilots are about to take on a large formation/of P-51 Mustangs above the tree tops./Printed in Canada by Quality Color Press Inc./Copyright 1997 Robert Bailey Aviation Art"; lettering hand written in pencil on border below main image reads: "278/500 [signed] Bailey"; counter signed: "O. Boesch"
Missing: N/A
Finish: colour picture; white border with black caption & sketch
Decoration: picture of German Messerschmitt preparing to battle American Mustang fighter airplanes above a tank convoy; sketch of Messerschmitt fighter airplane on border below main image at left

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Unknown Manufacturer, Print, 1997, Artifact no. 1997.0883, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0883.001/

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