Romanian stamp from 1941.
The holy war against bolshevism.

Romanian stamp

Illustration of the 20mm Oerlikon Mark II cannon with a breakdown of parts from Royal Armoured Corps Weapons, Military Training Pamphlet No.35. Part 5: 20-mm Oerlikon Machine-Gun 1943.

20mm Oerlikon Mark II

Study of the old Registry Office, Munich, by an artist famous for other things - Adolf Hitler.  The rather drab, stiff style is quite typical of Hitler's (artistic) work; this is, for me, one of the better ones I have seen.  One can see, however, why the assessors of applicants to the Vienna Academy turned him down; there is a distinct lack of vitality and invention, and also a total lack of human beings - Hitler's paintings are generally light on people.  Perhaps a reflection of the fact that architectural matters were generally his priority in painting - or, perhaps, a reflection of other, less innocuous aspects of his personality ?  Best regards, JR.