MPX5156083: 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
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
FLO4676611: Costume of a secular lawyer to the church, 15th century - He wears a red cap, black robe over chainmail tunic, red doublet, white shirt, stockings and shoes - These lawyers often had to fight for their clients and hence he is armed with a mace and sword - From the painting “” Triumph of St Thomas Aquinas over the Heretics”” by Filipino Lippi in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome - 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, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
LZT1111982: Nidanme, Act Two [of the Kanadehon Chushingura]. [Between 1804 and 1812], 1 Print : Woodcut, Color ; 22 X 16.9 ., Print Shows, in the Background, Konami Sitting Inside a Building, Probably Meeting with Her Lover Rikiya, Who is Not Visible, Though the Hilt of a Sword Can Be Seen Through the Opening, at Center is Wakasanosuke Sitting on a Porch, and, in the Foreground, Honzo, a Samurai and Wakasanosuke's Retainer, Cutting a Pine Branch from a Small Tree in Front of the Porch, Demonstrating His Loyalty. A Scene from Act Two of the Play Chushingura or Revenge of the 47 Ronin., Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676058: Costume d'un homme de la noblesse venitienne, 15eme century - Costume of a Venetian noble man, 15th century - He wears a red toque, scarlet cape lined with white silk, a lined hood, black stockings and leather shoes - It was rarely permitted to wear a sword in Venice at the time - From a painting by Gentile Bellini - 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, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images