Italian national football team, Berlin Olympics mb-code 42-38434518 A tired-looking man wearing a

A tired-looking man wearing a smock and a top hat stands beside two large baskets full of china made in the Staffordshire potteries

under the leadership of Mr Disraeli

Henrietta Maria de Bourbon (1609-1669) married King Charles I of England in 1625

A contemporary quote from Punch illustrates that Britain was keen to prevent any aggressive action by Russia

Italian national football team, Berlin Olympics mb-code 42-38434518 A tired-looking man wearing aItalian national football team, Berlin Olympics, 1936. Italy won the gold medal, beating Austria in the final. A print from Olympia 1936, Die Olympischen Spiele 1936, Volume II, Cigaretten Bilderdienst, Hamburg, 1936.