Ardua Collection

Wartime poster of Churchills famous words: Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few, referring to the pilots of the Royal Air Force, fighting the Battle of Britain

WW2 poster, Per Ardua Ad Astra, Winston Churchill speech
WW2 poster, Per Ardua Ad Astra. Never in the field of human conflict have so many owed so much to so few. Winston Churchill speech, 20 August 1940. Date: 1940

RAF Per Ardua Ad Astra badge and brooch
A Royal Air Force badge bearing the Latin motto Per Ardua Ad Astra (Through Adversity to the Stars), turned into a brooch by the addition of a bow and pin. Date: circa 1940s

Angel of Victory statue given to F.C.H. (Frederick Crosby Halahan) from F.R.E.D. (Francis Robert Edward Davis) - inscribed F.C.H. FROM F.R.E.D. - 1922 1929 - PER ARDUA AD ASTRA

Womens Royal Air Force -- The Dawn of Aviation
Illustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing a woman looking up at three biplanes in the sky, with a sunrise behind -- The Dawn of Aviation -- with the motto below

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