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The Road to the Rhine

C-47 Dakotas dropping Paratroopers into Holland
The Road to the Rhine, C-47 Dakota paratrooper aviation art print by Robert TaylorThe Road to the Rhine © Robert Taylor
Price incl. VAT: 255 €
Edition
Description
Robert Taylor's aviation art print The Road to the Rhine commemorates Sunday 17 September 1944, the first day of Operation Market Garden. C-47 Dakotas of the 439th Troop Carrier Group dropped thousands of paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions into Holland, a hundred and fifty miles behind enemy lines. This daring operation, the largest airborne assault of World War II, aimed to capture and secure vital bridges in the Allies’ push towards the Rhine.

Editions
  • 450 Limited Edition signed and numbered (signed by 3 ‘Easy Company’ veterans)
  • 350 Collectors Edition (10 Signatures)
  • 10 Collectors Remarque Edition (11 Signatures)
  • 125 101st Airborne Edition (21 Signatures)
  • 25 101st Airborne Edition Artist's Proofs (21 Signatures)

Signaturen

THE LIMITED EDITION
Each print is signed by THREE highly respected members of ‘Easy’ Company, 506th P.I.R:
HERB ‘Jr’ SUERTH
BILL MAYNARD
ED TIPPER

THE COLLECTORS EDITION
This TEN signature edition is additionally signed by the following veterans of the 506th P.I.R, 101st Airborne:
ED SHAMES
WILLIAM TRUE
ED JOINT
BILL WINGETT
GEORGE KOSKIMAKI
EDWARD HALLOW
DON BURGETT

THE COLLECTORS EDITION REMARQUES (Sold out)
Each print in this exclusively limited edition will have an original pencil drawing inscribed in the border by the master of aviation art, Robert Taylor. Each ELEVEN signature Remarque carries the same signatures as the Collectors edition but is additionally signed by a further veteran of the 506th P.I.R, 101st Airborne:
PHIL PERUGINI

THE 101ST AIRBORNE EDITION (Sold out)
Each print in this specially released edition is issued with a companion print of Robert’s superb pencil drawing ‘LONG HARD ROAD’. Each two print set is personally signed by a staggering TWENTY ONE veterans of the 506th P.I.R, 101st Airborne:
PHIL PERUGINI
PAUL ROGERS
VINNIE VICARI
EARL MCCLUNG
HANK ZIMMERMAN
FRANK SOBOLESKI
JAMES "PEE WEE" MARTIN
BUCK TAYLOR
CLANCY LYALL
ROD BAIN
FRANK PERCONTE

THE BAND OF BROTHERS TRIBUTE PROOFS (Sold out)
With all the components of the 101st Airborne Edition, the Tribute Proofs are released with a unique, ORIGINAL, hand-signed and hand-numbered pencil drawing by artist Robert Taylor. The rarity of these FIVE Tribute Proofs is unsurpassed and each spectacular drawing is conservation matted to include a replica ‘Screaming Eagle’ patch. Also included is the authentic, original signature of the legendary leader of Easy Company – Major DICK WINTERS, along with three further highly regarded members of the unit making TWENTY FIVE signatures in total:
DICK WINTERS
FOREST GUTH
BUCK COMPTON
DON MALARKEY

Overall Height ca.
64
cm
Overall Width ca.
85
cm