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Crown Prince Wilhelm and Crown Princess Cecilie’s four sons appear on this postcard. The four young men are wearing feldgrau kinder uniformen with overcoats. They are lined up like stair steps. The postcard was produced during WW I for a charitable organization’s benefit.
Crown Prince Wilhelm and Crown Princess Cecilie’s four sons appear on this postcard. The four young men are wearing feldgrau kinder uniformen with overcoats. They are lined up like stair steps. The postcard was produced during WW I for a charitable organization’s benefit.
Crown Prince Wilhelm and Crown Princess Cecilie’s four sons appear on this postcard. The four young men are wearing feldgrau kinder uniformen with overcoats. They are lined up like stair steps. The postcard was produced during WW I for a charitable organization’s benefit.
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This postcard shows Friedrich the Great (1712-1786). It comes from a charcoal sketch. He is in uniform, complete with a Black Eagle Breast Star. The postcard was not mailed. Its top edge is slightly foxed.
This postcard shows Friedrich the Great (1712-1786). It comes from a charcoal sketch. He is in uniform, complete with a Black Eagle Breast Star. The postcard was not mailed. Its top edge is slightly foxed.
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This is a fine color postcard of König Friedrich II der Große (Frederick the Great, 1712-1786. He was the first of Prussia’s truly illustrious kings. He led his Kingdom through a critical 18th Century’s period (1740-1786). During his reign, he built the Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam, and also founded the Orden Pour le Mérite. This pose of “Der alte Fritz” comes from a painting by Anton Graf, done when Friedrich was sixty-eight-years-old (1772). He is wearing a Black Eagle Breast Star on his tunic. The postcard was not mailed.
This is a fine color postcard of König Friedrich II der Große (Frederick the Great, 1712-1786. He was the first of Prussia’s truly illustrious kings. He led his Kingdom through a critical 18th Century’s period (1740-1786). During his reign, he built the Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam, and also founded the Orden Pour le Mérite. This pose of “Der alte Fritz” comes from a painting by Anton Graf, done when Friedrich was sixty-eight-years-old (1772). He is wearing a Black Eagle Breast Star on his tunic. The postcard was not mailed.
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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.