$20.00
This color postcard shows the King of Saxony, Friedrich August III. It is a marvelous pose. He is wearing a general’s pickelhaube. The distinctive vulture feathers, which were ONLY worn by Saxon generals, adorn his helmet. The postcard was mailed in 1910 to a young woman named “Göring.”
This color postcard shows the King of Saxony, Friedrich August III. It is a marvelous pose. He is wearing a general’s pickelhaube. The distinctive vulture feathers, which were ONLY worn by Saxon generals, adorn his helmet. The postcard was mailed in 1910 to a young woman named “Göring.”
This color postcard shows the King of Saxony, Friedrich August III. It is a marvelous pose. He is wearing a general’s pickelhaube. The distinctive vulture feathers, which were ONLY worn by Saxon generals, adorn his helmet. The postcard was mailed in 1910 to a young woman named “Göring.”
$15.00
This is a colorized postcard of Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934). He is wearing a dunkel-blau (dark-blue) tunic, with epaulettes, a ribbon bar, breast star, and two neck orders. Von Hindenburg achieved fame early in WW I, defeating the Russians at Tannenberg on the Eastern Front. He later commanded the entire German Army. He became the President of the Weimar Republic in the 1920’s. He ultimately was forced to accept Adolf Hitler as his Chancellor. Upon von Hindenburg’s death in 1934, Hitler assumed control of Germany and the Third Reich was born. This postcard was mailed from Austria during WW I.
This is a colorized postcard of Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934). He is wearing a dunkel-blau (dark-blue) tunic, with epaulettes, a ribbon bar, breast star, and two neck orders. Von Hindenburg achieved fame early in WW I, defeating the Russians at Tannenberg on the Eastern Front. He later commanded the entire German Army. He became the President of the Weimar Republic in the 1920’s. He ultimately was forced to accept Adolf Hitler as his Chancellor. Upon von Hindenburg’s death in 1934, Hitler assumed control of Germany and the Third Reich was born. This postcard was mailed from Austria during WW I.
$8.00
This is a postcard of the monument in Berlin to Frederick the Great, arguably the best-known Prussian King. In the upper left corner the ink for the reverse’s cancellation has bled-through. The postcard was mailed in 1911.
This is a postcard of the monument in Berlin to Frederick the Great, arguably the best-known Prussian King. In the upper left corner the ink for the reverse’s cancellation has bled-through. The postcard was mailed in 1911.
$15.00
This postcard is for the memory of Kaiser Friedrich II’s wife (Wilhelm II’s mother), Victoria, who died in 1901. He died of cancer in 1888. The photograph shows his marble effigy in his mausoleum. It is titled “Zur Erinnerung an die Beisetzung Ihrer hochseligen Majestät Kaiser in Friedrich im Mausoleum der Friedenskirche zu Potsdam” (In Memory of our highly blessed Majesty Empress Frederick’s Burial in the Peace Church Mausoleum at Potsdam). A message is written on the obverse. The reverse has an address and a postage stamp. The cancellation stamp is marked 1901.
This postcard is for the memory of Kaiser Friedrich II’s wife (Wilhelm II’s mother), Victoria, who died in 1901. He died of cancer in 1888. The photograph shows his marble effigy in his mausoleum. It is titled “Zur Erinnerung an die Beisetzung Ihrer hochseligen Majestät Kaiser in Friedrich im Mausoleum der Friedenskirche zu Potsdam” (In Memory of our highly blessed Majesty Empress Frederick’s Burial in the Peace Church Mausoleum at Potsdam). A message is written on the obverse. The reverse has an address and a postage stamp. The cancellation stamp is marked 1901.