| Id/Pic | Title/Description | Price |
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Art done by member of the legion while in the service, reproduced as a postcard to benefit the legion. |
US$19 (ca €14.91) | |
Czech Legion in Siberia with a captured railway car which they decorated to make a 'home'. In an almost forgotten chapter of WWI, large numbers of Czechs left their homeland (under Austrian rule) and fought with the Allies in the hopes of winning their freedom in the event of an Allied victory (which they did). Also, large numbers of Czech POWs (still fighting for Austria) captured in Russia also switched sides and fought for the Russians -- until the Russian Revolution, when the Bolsheviks tried to disarm and imprison the Czechs, who were thought to have monarchist leanings. The Czechs, of course, weren't happy with this, and fought their way free. They captured the entire Trans-Siberian railway and fought all the way across Russia and Siberia, ending up in the port city of Vladivostok on the Pacific rim. The Allies wanted to make use of them to continue to fight the Communists -- the pre-Cold War had already begun -- but the Allies lost their nerve, and eventua... |
US$99 (ca €77.68) | |
Czech Legion in Siberia with a captured railway car which they decorated to make a 'home'. In an almost forgotten chapter of WWI, large numbers of Czechs left their homeland (under Austrian rule) and fought with the Allies in the hopes of winning their freedom in the event of an Allied victory (which they did). Also, large numbers of Czech POWs (still fighting for Austria) captured in Russia also switched sides and fought for the Russians -- until the Russian Revolution, when the Bolsheviks tried to disarm and imprison the Czechs, who were thought to have monarchist leanings. The Czechs, of course, weren't happy with this, and fought their way free. They captured the entire Trans-Siberian railway and fought all the way across Russia and Siberia, ending up in the port city of Vladivostok on the Pacific rim. The Allies wanted to make use of them to continue to fight the Communists -- the pre-Cold War had already begun -- but the Allies lost their nerve, and eventua... |
US$99 (ca €77.68) | |
Czech Legion in Siberia along a railway siding in Njazepetrovskaja in 1918. In an almost forgotten chapter of WWI, large numbers of Czechs left their homeland (under Austrian rule) and fought with the Allies in the hopes of winning their freedom in the event of an Allied victory (which they did). Also, large numbers of Czech POWs (still fighting for Austria) captured in Russia also switched sides and fought for the Russians -- until the Russian Revolution, when the Bolsheviks tried to disarm and imprison the Czechs, who were thought to have monarchist leanings. The Czechs, of course, weren't happy with this, and fought their way free. They captured the entire Trans-Siberian railway and fought all the way across Russia and Siberia, ending up in the port city of Vladivostok on the Pacific rim. The Allies wanted to make use of them to continue to fight the Communists -- the pre-Cold War had already begun -- but the Allies lost their nerve, and eventually just helped... |
US$119 (ca €93.38) | |
Czech Legion in Siberia with a captured railway car which they decorated to make a 'home'. In an almost forgotten chapter of WWI, large numbers of Czechs left their homeland (under Austrian rule) and fought with the Allies in the hopes of winning their freedom in the event of an Allied victory (which they did). Also, large numbers of Czech POWs (still fighting for Austria) captured in Russia also switched sides and fought for the Russians -- until the Russian Revolution, when the Bolsheviks tried to disarm and imprison the Czechs, who were thought to have monarchist leanings. The Czechs, of course, weren't happy with this, and fought their way free. They captured the entire Trans-Siberian railway and fought all the way across Russia and Siberia, ending up in the port city of Vladivostok on the Pacific rim. The Allies wanted to make use of them to continue to fight the Communists -- the pre-Cold War had already begun -- but the Allies lost their nerve, and eventua... |
US$99 (ca €77.68) | |
Czech Legion in Siberia along a railway siding in Rajevka in 1918 with some captured and destroyed rolling stock. In an almost forgotten chapter of WWI, large numbers of Czechs left their homeland (under Austrian rule) and fought with the Allies in the hopes of winning their freedom in the event of an Allied victory (which they did). Also, large numbers of Czech POWs (still fighting for Austria) captured in Russia also switched sides and fought for the Russians -- until the Russian Revolution, when the Bolsheviks tried to disarm and imprison the Czechs, who were thought to have monarchist leanings. The Czechs, of course, weren't happy with this, and fought their way free. They captured the entire Trans-Siberian railway and fought all the way across Russia and Siberia, ending up in the port city of Vladivostok on the Pacific rim. The Allies wanted to make use of them to continue to fight the Communists -- the pre-Cold War had already begun -- but the Allies lost t... |
US$119 (ca €93.38) | |
Czech Legion in Siberia -- at a Yekaterinburg / Ekaterinaburg hospital in 1918. Ekaterinaburg was a significant chapter in the war -- it was the approaching Czech legion that caused the execution of Czar Nicholas II and his family; the Boslehviks feared the Czechs would liberate the deposed emperor. In an almost forgotten chapter of WWI, large numbers of Czechs left their homeland (under Austrian rule) and fought with the Allies in the hopes of winning their freedom in the event of an Allied victory (which they did). Also, large numbers of Czech POWs (still fighting for Austria) captured in Russia also switched sides and fought for the Russians -- until the Russian Revolution, when the Bolsheviks tried to disarm and imprison the Czechs, who were thought to have monarchist leanings. The Czechs, of course, weren't happy with this, and fought their way free. They captured the entire Trans-Siberian railway and fought all the way across Russia and Siberia, ending up in the... |
US$149 (ca €116.92) | |
Original postcard for the Czech Legion. Czechoslovakia was part of Austria at the start of WWI and were obligated to fight on the side of the Entente forces (Germany-Austria-Turkey-Bulgaria) against the allies. However, there was a large national liberation movement, so many Czechs went abroad to fight against the Germans-Austrians with the hope that if they lost, Czhecoslovakia would become an independent nation, which is what happened. The Czechs fought for Russia, for the Italians and for the French, among others. However, before the end of the war Imperial Russia was overthrown to become the USSR, and the Communists became antagonists to the Czechs, who then fought against them after the end of the war, from one end of Siberia to the other. |
US$35 (ca €27.46) | |
Note Siberian Legion 'Prokopa Velikeho' reverse |
US$79 (ca €61.99) | |
US$79 (ca €61.99) | ||
Note Siberian Legion 'Prokopa Velikeho' reverse, and also on the flag in the photograph |
US$79 (ca €61.99) | |
Czech legion echelon unit photo posing before captured train car in Trans-Siberian railway. This is a real photo, not a postcard. It has note written in Czech on reverse with the dyear date of 1918. |
US$79 (ca €61.99) | |
US$99 (ca €77.68) | ||
Real Photo of train trestles in Samara, with overturned railway cars by the side of the tracks, |
US$89 (ca €69.84) | |
Real Photo of destroyed train parts by the side of the tracks, bunkers behind. |
US$89 (ca €69.84) | |
Czech Legion in Italy member, hung by the Austrians, as all captured Czechs were regarded as traitors. The sign on his chest is to that effect, in German, Italian and Czech. |
US$129 (ca €101.22) | |
Great shot of troops relzing in camp by side of train tracks, with train cars in the background and rifle pyramids in foreground |
US$99 (ca €77.68) | |
Real Photo of Czech legions working on Trans-Siberian train trestle. |
US$89 (ca €69.84) |
