Commemorative Album of Photography on the Second Year Anniversary of the Korean War

(Korean War)

Commemorative Album of Photographs on the Second Year Anniversary of the Korean War.

Ministry of National Defense, Republic of Korea, 1951.

Oblong 4to, [31] leaves with protective tissue; with commemorative text: 6.25 Korean War (emblem: winged five-point star and anchor) 2nd Year, D.N.D. R.O.K. flanked by Birds of Paradise executed in mother of pearl, woven silver silk tie.

Containing 77 original photographs documenting the events and players in the war (including President Syngman Rhee, Douglas MacArthur, etc., with typed captions, a page of dedication with presentation To Ambassador De Tervarent … Tao-Yong Shinn Minister of National Defense Republic of Korea .

An official album presented to the Belgian Ambassador and Plenipotentiary Minister in Japan, Chevalier Guy de Schoutheete de Tervarent (1891-1969), Belgium being one of the 17 countries which furnished military forces in support of the United Nations Security Council resolution to defend South Korea. Most likely each of the Allied nations received such an album as a souvenir.