SAVAGE JACKBOOT: original Peter Cushing artwork (4) ***German Service image***

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All items offered are genuine release (usually 1st), old, cinema movie items and so had a 'life' before sale, so unlikely ever to be mint.

 Background: In the early 1970s Hammer proposed making a movie based on the atrocity of the Lidice massacre in what was then Bohemia and Moravia, now the Czech Republic. When Reich Protector Reinhard Haydrich was assassinated in 1942, Hitler ordered reprisals on the village of Lidice where hundreds of inhabitants were killed or sent to concentration camps (some being gassed) - this was an historic event - a well documented genocidal massacre. Don Houghton wrote a story of Nazi cruelty and torture based on this historic event and Peter Cushing was to play the role of a sadistic security officer.

This item: Peter was noted for the thoroughness of his preparations for his movie roles and on offer here is a painting from Peter's portfolio of one of the the German Officers (Goebbels is mentioned) detailing the overcoat and a sepatate image of a head and hair style, with additional handwritten ink notes to the bottom of the page (he mentions here 'for both characters'  (was he to play some kind of duel role?) and initialled in pencil by Peter to the bottom right corner. The proposed movie was never made, being an example of 'The Unfilmed Hammer'. This piece was originally sold at 'The Canterbury Auction Galleries' under the heading The Peter Cushing Collection on Tuesday 30th July, 1996. A great item for the collector.  Rare / Unique

Size:    8.75 x 11.50 inches approx. 

Condition: (Range from Fine – Very Good – Good – Poor with ++ to - - for further differentiation) :  Fine - / Very Good ++   -:  very good corners and edges with minimal wear; overall a very good copy of a rare collectable.   

POST & PACKAGING: all items are securely packaged, for as a collector myself I appreciate the need for secure packaging and all materials used are new. Posting / shipping depends on the item value and under £10.00 1st class post will be used; for items over this amount a tracked / insured system will be used for both UK and international postings / shipping, the choice and consequent costs for P&P being determined by the item value and also the destination.