The Aviation Art Gallery is proud to announce Four exclusively commissioned limited edition Bronze Sculptures by the well known sculptor Peter Close featuring famous military personalities and leaders from an era that shaped our history.

Magnificently finished, each Bronze Sculpture has been painstakingly worked by master - sculptor Peter Close. Using hundreds of authentic photographs for reference, Peter has created wonderfully faithful Bronze Sculptures of Four of the most famous personalities from World War Two. Intricately worked in clay until totally life - like, each bust is with the greatest care, individually cold cast in Bronze. When this delicate and lengthy process is complete and the cast is set and removed from the mould, the artist sinfully burnishes each individual Bronze figure by hand to a radiant finished patina worthy of the Louvre. Working in his own dedicated studio, the artist Peter Close personally completes every process on an individual basis, and entirely by hand.

Each Bronze Sculpture is personally engraved with its own unique edition number by the artist, who also engraves his name on the base of every work. Each life - like sculpture is creatively mounted on an individual wooden plinth, displaying what is undoubtedly a unique and quite remarkable collector's piece.

Highly Restricted Availability

The Bronze Sculptures in the Bronze Collection are made entirely by hand, and issued in highly restricted edition sizes. Following completion of the last sculpture in the edition, the artist will destroy the original mould to protect the integrity of the edition.

Each prestigious Bronze sculpture stands approximately 16" high and weighs in the region of 11Kgs, and is beautifully and safely displayed within a unique presentation box. Designed and created solely for this collection, each presentation box is an item of timeless quality itself, beautifully complementing the sculptures. With gold embossing on a striking solid black exterior and elegantly hand - finished with a soft cushioned interior, each box has been gracefully engineered to provide the durability for lifetime storage.

Inside each box, every sculpture is issued with its own uniquely numbered Certificate of Authenticity containing a full in - depth biography of the personality.

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Generalleutnant Adolf Galland Knights Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds "Dolfo" Galland started flying gliders at the age of fifteen, rising to command the "Rictofhen" fighter wing in the Spanish Civil War. He fought in the Battles of Poland, France and Britain, leading the famous JG26 "Abbeville Boys" in the west. Promoted to inspector General of Fighters in November 1941, he had total responsibility for all day and night fighters throughout the Luftwaffe. Galland was the youngest General in the German High Command, but his disagreements with Goering's tactics led to his dismissal. Reverting to combat, flying the Me262 leading the JV44 jet wing, he became the only General in history to lead a squadron into battle.

Feldmarschall Erwin Rommel Erwin Rommel, the most respected German military commander of World War Two, commanded the 7th Panzer Division during the invasion of France. Promoted to general he commanded the new Afrika Corps, successfully driving the British 8th army out of Libya, but was eventually defeated at El Alamein in 1943. Approached in 1944 to join the plot to assassinate Hitler, Rommel refused and suggesting Hitler be arrested and brought to trial. Now in command of the German Army in France, even Rommel was unable to halt the allied advance following D-Day, and in July 1944 encouraged Hitler to surrender. But Hitler had discovered Rommel was plotting against him and offered the general suicide, a state funeral and protection for his family, or trial for high treason. Erwin Rommel took the honourable decision.

James H. Doolittle Medal of Honour " Doolittle's lifetime spanned the entire era of aviation from the Wright Brothers first flight to the astronauts landings on the moon. An Army Air Service pilot at 17, he took to dare - devil stunt - flying, air racing and record breaking. With a doctorate in aeronautical sciences, he helped pioneer instrument flying and development of high - octane aviation fuel. Following the Japanese atack on Pearl Harbor, he masterminded and led the atack on Tokyo, for which he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour. Promoted to General, he commanded the air war over Italy and North Africa, later taking command of the entire US Eighth Air Force in Europe. In a lifetime packed with adventure "Jimmy" Doolittle was truly one of the 20th century's great heroes

Sir Winston Churchill OM,KG,CH,PC Born in 1874, Winston Churchill became first an army officer, then a war correspondent covering the Boer War, before entering politics as an MP in 1900. After holding the posts of Home Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty, he served on the Western Front in World War One. On the 10th May 1940, King George VI appointed Churchill Prime Minister following Chamberlain's resignation. A brilliant orator, his stirring and inspirational speeches in the dark days of 1940 and 1941 became a source of strength, not only to his country, but the whole of the free world, as Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany.