Feb 07, 2013 · … military history is going up for sale. The original smaller statue of the iconic raising of the US flag at Iwo Jima … Corps War Memorial in …
The original smaller statue of the iconic raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima in … military history is going up for sale. … Corps War Memorial in …
This photo combination shows, at left, a 1945 photo of the original 12 1/2-foot (4 meter) cast stone version of Felix de Weldon's iconic statue depicting soldiers raising the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima, placed in front of the old Navy Department Building, now the Federal Reserve Building, in Washington, D.C.; and, at right, de Weldon's 32-foot (10-meter)-tall bronze Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va., on Oct. 21, 2012.
Jan 25, 2013 · The original Iwo Jima monument — the model for the famous flag-raising Marine Corps War Memorial statue in Arlington, Va., — will be put up for sale at a Bonhams auction house in New York on Feb. 22, and its owner said “it's more likely than not” the piece he salvaged may be sold to a foreign collector unless an American buyer steps up.
The United States Marine Corps War Memorial … This small concrete statue of the second U.S. flag raising at Iwo Jima in 1945 … Texas at the Marine Military …
(AP) — A long-forgotten piece of America’s military history is going up for sale. The original smaller statue of the iconic raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima in 1945 is expected to fetch up to $1.8 million later this month at a New York auction dedicated to World War II artifacts.