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• 'Chevalier de Malseigne et Marquis de V.' Continued
  Illustration preceding the almanac entry "Deux Coup d'Épée du Chevalier de Malseigne" in the chapter "Octobre" depicting a 1788 duel in Lunéville (France) between le Chevalier Malseigne and le Marquis de V continued in for former's hotel room for privacy.
• 'Duel en Salle d'Armes' Interrupted
  Illustration preceding the almanac entry "Duel en Salle d'Armes" in the chapter "Mai" depicting a fencing match between Louis Ringal (left) and Octave de Bancas (right) interrupted by Maître d'Armes Vigeant (center).
• "All-American" Intercollegiate Team
• "De Schermles" - The Fencing Lesson
  Isaac Lazarus Israëls was a Dutch painter associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism movement. This painting depicts an instructor teaching sabre to five students in a fencing school.
• "Foil Proof" Pin-up and Matchbook Cover
  Two renderings of Gil Elvgren's "Foil Proof" pin-up depicting a woman wearing lingerie and wielding a fencing sword while in mid lunge. A plastron with a red heart and a fencing mask are at her feet to her right. The larger rendering of this image was printed by Louis F. Dow Co. of St. Paul, Minnesota that had Elvgren's printing rights between 1937 and 1944. The smaller rendering is likely a matchbook cover by its size.
• "Hall of Fame" Exhibited
• "Le Contre de Septime" Public Assaults Program
  Bifold program for the "Le Contre de Septime" public assaults on April 8th, 1901 presented by a society of military and civilian fencing masters with the same name. Cover in the art nouveau style depicting a long-haired woman wearing a fencing glove, holding a fencing sword, and with a fencing mask at her feet. Back cover depicts a disembodied glove grasping a fencing sword. The event consisted of eight total assaults; six with the foil and one bout each with the sabre and epee de combat. The assaults were directed by Captain LeGlercq of the 7th Artillery Regiment and presided by monsieur Pauwels, "president d'honneur" of the society. The pairings are as follows: Stordiau - Brusten (foil) Remes - De Bakker (foil) Cluytmans - Goujon (foil) Buquoi - Silvestry (epee de combat) Herfs - Michiels (sabre) Goeman - Hansoul (foil) Van de Wiele - Rabau (foil) Verbrugge - Jancart (foil)
• "Rusty" Robins Killed
• "She Never Touched Me"
  Postcard sent to C.M. Holliday in Fultonville, New York in 1905. Front depicts a fencer holding a foil in a lunge with the caption "she never touched me" above her.
• "Telegraphing" Your Touches : Are You "Tipping Off?"
• "The Pleasures of the Barracks" - Sabre Assault Postcard
  French postcard with a photograph of the inside of a military fencing school. Two fencers can be seen fencing with sabres as three other fencers and three uniformed soldiers observe. Foils and fencing masks (both padded and unpadded) line the wall behind.
• 18 Characteristics of Fencers
• 18 Characteristics of Fencers (Continued)
• 1902 Horstmann Fencing Goods Catalog
  Trade catalog detailing the Horstmann company's line of fencing equipment, including various types of foils, epees, sabres, rapiers, as well as masks, jackets, plastrons, and gloves.
• 1910 Harpers Weekly Cover
  Cover of Harpers Weekly featuring an illustration by Harry Lemon Parkhurst depicting a fencer with foil in hand crossing blades with an unseen opponent.
• 1912 Olympic Fencing Team Group Photo
  A group of 12 fencers, 3 kneeling and 9 standing, posing in front of a camera (not pictured). "Jul 22 1912" stamped on back. "From the N.Y. Herald Syndicate" and "Olympic Fencing Team" stamped on back.
• 1920 Olympics American Fencing Team Photo
  A group of 7 men posing for a photograph, the middle 5 (the American team) in fencing gear, during the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp. Group L to R: 2nd: Harold Rayner 3rd: Henry Breckinridge 4th/Middle: Francis Honeycutt (Capt) 5th: Robert Sears 6th: Arthur Lyon Transcription of back: VII Olympiade Anvers 1920 [VII Olympics Antwerp 1920] L' equipe Americaine ou fleuret [The American Team] (3rd) medaille de bronze [3rd, bronze medal] Stamp: Henri Rubbens - photograph Berchem-Anvers Tel. 4472 8, Rue Pieter De Coninck
• 1920 Olympics Fencing - Italy vs USA
  Two men fencing during the Italy vs USA (possibly Claiborne Jay Walker) match at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. International News Photo stamp on back
• 1924 Olympics - Merlo (Argentina) vs Bini (Italy)
  Carmelo Merlo (Argentina) and Bino Bini (Italy) fencing sabre at the 1924 Olympics. Transcription: Sabre. Merlo. Italie. Bini Gabri (Arg) CI.COF 2702 [sic] The caption contains an error. Carmelo Merlo represented Argentia at the 1924 Olympics and Bino Bini represented Italy.
• 1924 Olympics Belgium Fencing Team
  4 members of the 1924 Belgium Fencing team. Charles Deplorte won gold in épée individual. Translated: 1924 Olympic Games. Individual foil tournament. Belgium team. [Charles] Delporte Belgium olympic champion L to R: 1: Léon Tom 2: Paul Anspach 3: Ernest Gevers 4: Charles Delporte
• 1924 Olympics Italy Fencing Team
  4 men representing Italy in the 1924 Olympics in Fencing.
• 1927 German Fencing Championships Group Photo
  Group photograph of fencers while at the 1927 German fencing championships (Deutsche Fechtmeisterschaften). Inscription on the reverse has not been fully transcribed, though the individuals pictured are (from right to left): ??? (Leipzig), ??? (Chemnitz), ??? (Chemnitz), Fritz Gazzera (Offenbach), Erwin Casmir (Frankfurt), Wilhelm Löffler (Frankfurt), Heinrich Moos (Frankfurt), Julius Thomson (Offenbach), and [possibly] Robert Sommer (Berlin). Inscription on reverse (partially identified): Deutsche Fechtmeisterschaften 1927 München ??? im Florett : (von links nach rechts) ??? Leipzig - ??? Chemnitz - ??? Chemnitz Gazzera Offenbach (???) --- Casmir, Frankfurt ??? im florett (Casmir) ??? degen-sabel Löffler Frankfurt - Moos Frankfurt Jul. Thomson Offenbach - Sommer Berlin (sitzung)
• 1928 Olympics French Fencing Team
  The French Fencing Team at the 1928 Olympics. Their cardigans feature the French Gallic Rooster. It's possible this is a photo of the epee team, who won silver at these games. Possible identifications from left to right are: Émile Cornic, Armand Massard, Bernard Schmetz, Gaston Marcel Amson, Georges Buchard, René Barbier. Stamps on back of photo address payment for media reprinting or reuse of photograph in different countries/regions.
• 1928 US Olympic Team
  Athletes from Team USA representing every sport the US participated in during the 1928 Olympics. From left to right: Major Sloan Doak (equestrian), Frank Wykoff (track), Frank J. Kriz (gymnastics), John Weissmuller (swimming), H.L. Edwards (wrestling), General Douglas MacArthur (president of the committee), Thomas Lown (boxing), Chester Nelson (cycling), Lieutenant Calnan (fencing), Carrol Leibensperger (lacrosse), Kenneth Myers (rowing), Lieutenant Peter Hains (modern pentathlon). Seated left to right: Helen Meany (diving), Elta Cartwright (track).
• 1932 Byrrh Advertisement
  A printed French advertisement for Byrrh, an aromatic wine apéritif, featuring two uniformed fencers. It depicts one fencer, sitting and exhausted, and the other, standing with the caption "Je vous offre un Byrrh...Et votre revanche" (I offer you a Byrrh, and your revenge). This suggests the sitting fencer was bested by his opponent and they will go another round. Cut from the original periodical.