{"product_id":"19th-century-bronze-bust-of-napoleon-by-antoine-denis-chaudet","title":"19th century Bronze Bust of Napoleon by Antoine Denis Chaudet","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eAn emotional and Historical WW2 relic of immense importance to the history of Ukraine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e being a 19th century Bronze Bust of Napoleon by Antoine Denis Chaudet, with a rear hair ribbon with shoulder drapes of the type used by Houdon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eIts history is as follows. Prior to the well-known “Death Match” in which 8 Ukrainian footballers were arrested by the Nazi’s, several of the lead up matches were played in June 1942. The Germans wanting a suitable Trophy, liberated this Bronze from a Ukrainian Institution. They had the front of the socle polished and engraved as follows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eFUSSBALL TURNIER\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eCHARKOW JUNI 1942\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eDEM SIEGER\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; background: white; margin: 6.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #202122; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eUnder German occupation, all Soviet organizations and clubs were dissolved. By the end of 1941, German administration allowed newly formed Ukrainian sport clubs. In January 1942, football trainer and sport reporter Georgi Dmitrievich Shvetsov founded the club Rukh (Movement). He tried to engage the best players in Kyiv. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; background: white; margin: 6.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #202122; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eBut most of the former Dynamo players, among them the very popular goalkeeper Trusevich, did not want to play in Rukh, probably because they took Shvetsov for a collaborator. Trusevich found a job in the Bakery No. 1 which guaranteed their workers and their families normal supplies of food. More former Dynamo players found jobs in the bakery. The German director Joseph Kordik, an engineer from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moravia\" title=\"Moravia\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\"\u003eMoravia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #202122; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e, encouraged them to form a football team: FC Start. After World War II Kordik declared to the NKVD that in reality, he was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Czechs\" title=\"Czechs\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\"\u003eCzech\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #202122; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e, not German. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; background: white; margin: 6.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #202122; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eThree players of the former club Lokomotiv Kyiv were incorporated into the new team. Four former players who were directly submitted to the German administration also played for Start: three Ukrainian policemen and one engine driver of the German Railways \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deutsche_Reichsbahn\" title=\"Deutsche Reichsbahn\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\"\u003eReichsbahn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #202122; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e in Kyiv. None amongst the Start players had played for the Dynamo team in the years immediately before the war, although some of them had left the club only a couple of years before. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 3.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 3; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'inherit',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #101418; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eMatches in June and July 1942\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; background: white; margin: 6.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #202122; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eSeven Start matches are documented for June and July 1942: against the Ukrainian teams Rukh and Sport, three Hungarian military teams, a team of the German artillery and the German railway team RSG. FC Start won all these matches, scoring 37 goals in total and conceding only 8. \u003ci\u003eThere is an enormous amount of material dealing with the “Death Match on the internet. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; background: white; margin: 6.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #202122; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eSome damage to the nose and chin of the Bronze otherwise good condition overall. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #202122; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003ePOA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Burridge Military Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51189073445028,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/1052\/0996\/files\/Bronze1_889132a9-bb98-419e-9917-5fa708a2c3ec.jpg?v=1764159422","url":"https:\/\/www.jbma.com.au\/products\/19th-century-bronze-bust-of-napoleon-by-antoine-denis-chaudet","provider":"John Burridge Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}