MPX5156103: Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, DSO & Bar, MC & Bar (16 September 1906 Ð 8 March 1996), a.k.a. Jack Churchill, Fighting Jack Churchill and Mad Jack, a British soldier who fought throughout World War II armed with a longbow, arrows, and a Scottish broadsword. He is known for the motto "any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly armed." Source. Wikipedia. Pictured 2nd March 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676941: The coronation of Jean Galeas Visconti (Gian Galeazzo Visconti, 1351-1402) Duke of Milan (Italy), 14th century - Coronation of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan, 1351-1402 - The duke in scarlet and ermine kneels before King Wenceslaus of Luxembourg to be crowned - To the left, a knight holds the perial banner and a scribe writes in a book - To the right, knights holds the banner of the Viscontis, and a sword - From a missal in the archives of the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, Milan - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1860, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images