Knights of the Eastern Front...Out Turn First Copy
(Signatures)	Artist : Robert Taylor
(Dimensions)	Unframed Untrimmed Remarqued print
Price	£2495.00

Description

Here we have a total one off 'Knights of the Eastern Front' this is from the personal collection of Robert Taylor and is the first un-trimmed print from the print run of Knights of the Eastern , Robert has written on the lower left of the print Out turn Copy , First copy of the print run. Robert has also written a description of why it was the first copy : 'Knights of the Eastern Front' Published back in 1991 , very rarely do the printers get it right first time. This they did with this edition ! and an out-turn was received in ,back in record time. The image above is what came back an example of what we were to receive the next day. R.T. The print has been adorned with a large beautiful double remarque. Featuring Messerschmitt Me109Gs of JG-52, the most successful fighter wing of the Luftwaffe during World War II. Initially based in Germany, the Wing flew against the French before taking on the RAF Spitfires and Hurricanes in earnest during the battle for France and the Battle of Britain. During this intense period of air fighting the Wing lost many pilots and in October 1940 it withdrew to rebuild. After the fall of Crete, JG-52 assumed the first fighter role in Southern Russia and it was on the Russian Front that the Wing's greatest Aces notched up their substantial scores. Though conditions were often appalling, the pilots of JG-52 flew a tremendous number of missions. The Wing lost 678 of its aircrew in achieving 10,000 aerial victories during its campaign, sixty-seven pilots being awarded the Knights Cross or higher decorations. JG-52's top ten scoring fighter pilots achieved an astonishing 2286 aerial victories between them, and the only two Aces in history to destroy more than 300 enemy aircraft, Erich Hartmann and Gerhard Barkhorn, flew in this historic Fighter Wing. Issued in 1992, this piece quickly sold out. To this day no other Robert Taylor print has been more sought after. priced @ £2495.00 for Robert Taylors very own first print adorned with a beautiful double remarque.