Countdown to D-Day 80...
In this 80th anniversary year, we’re proud to feature some special pieces that serve as lasting tributes to all those who took part in the Normandy Campaign.
Here are just a few that are currently in stock at the Steventon Gallery…
LIBERATION, SAINTE-MÈRE-ÉGLISE
by Richard Taylor
By 04.30, after a tough fire fight, troopers from the 505th PIR had raised another flag over the town – the Stars and Stripes – and Sainte-Mère-Église had become the first town in Normandy to be liberated by the Allies on D-Day. Sherman tanks landing on nearby Utah Beach with the US VII Corps were soon passing through the newly liberated town on the way to the front.
Personally signed by three highly-regarded American veterans who fought in Normandy, this special copy has been returned to Richard Taylor's studio and further enhanced by a hand-crafted DOUBLE REMARQUE in the lower border.
DAY OF DAYS
by James Dietz
June 6, 1944 - Le Grand Chemin. Fresh from their baptism of fire, the “Screaming Eagles” of Easy, Dog, and Fox companies, 506th PIR, regroup and rearm, having silenced the guns of Brécourt Manor.
Personally signed by artist Jim Dietz, this special copy has been framed to full conservation standards to include the ORIGINAL autographs of four prominent veterans who served with the 101st!
EVE OF DESTINY
by Richard Taylor
The men of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th PIR – the famous ‘Band of Brothers’ – carefully take inventory of their equipment during the evening of 5 June 1944.
This special copy has been further embellished with a hand-crafted original DOUBLE REMARQUE in the lower margin of the print and framed to full conservation standards to create a completely unique NINE signature piece!
HEADING OFF OMAHA
by Keith Burns
Recently landed M3A1 halftracks from the US 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, US Third Armored Division, climb away from Omaha Beach shortly after the D-Day landings. They will soon be heavily involved in the tough fighting to clear German forces from the hedgerows of Normandy.
Keith's dramatic piece has been conservation framed to include a sample of sand recovered from Omaha beach, creating a special collector's piece for future generations.
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