Enforcing prohibition post mortem The German Eagle sits mournfully

The German Eagle sits mournfully on a rock high above the sinking sun

The Queen and President Kennedy at Buckingham Palace

Inscribed below in pencil: 'Iris xiphioides (x1 1/2) Large Garden Form

Interior of the Church of St Martin Outwich

' In pencil lower left 'Elected [1789 struck through] 1791'

Enforcing prohibition post mortem The German Eagle sits mournfullyEnforcing prohibition, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, 1920s. Law enforcement agents examining at a cache of 191 pint bottles found underneath a sailor's mattress on a steamer putting in at Norfolk, Virginia. The sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol for consumption were banned in the United States under the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, passed by Congress in 1919. The ban remained in force until the amendment was repealed