Austria, Imperial. An Early War Photo Album Of Civil And Naval Scenes, C.1914 Archive maker marked "JOHANN SCHWERDTNER WIEN"

maker marked "JOHANN SCHWERDTNER WIEN" on the reverse cartouche

Dated to Berlin on 20 August 1938 and presenting a facsimile signature of A

It sits securely within a one-piece nickel-plated magnetic metal hilt with a hooked quillon and pommel

with soiling and material wear evident throughout

obverse with map of Crete in the centre

Austria, Imperial. An Early War Photo Album Of Civil And Naval Scenes, C.1914 Archive maker marked "JOHANN SCHWERDTNER WIEN"An unbound photo album, with ribbed construction paper cover bearing an impressed and painted wreath on the exterior, comprising of 10 large construction paper pages with roughly three original images on each (one page empty). A total of large 45 black and white photographs, mostly taken at and around Austro Hungarian major port of Pola (Pula, today Croatia) capturing numerous major ships, submarines, torpedoes, and other military scenes. Measures