‘East End Siege - Maxim gun ready for action’, 1911
postcard, photograph, postcard
Accession Number
NAM.2021-10-3-1-1
Description
‘East End Siege - Maxim gun ready for action’, 1911. Photographic postcard published by Cortenburg, 1911. The postcard is unused. The Siege of Sidney Street in 1911 was the first time that police requested military assistance in London to deal with an armed stand-off after Latvian revolutionaries fired on unarmed police officers following a botched robbery.
Events
Sidney Street, Siege of, 1911 (Civil Unrest 1900-1999)