$20.00
This postcard shows Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) and Kronprinz Rupprecht of Bavaria. Both men are wearing mantles. Wilhelm II is wearing the 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß’s pickelhaube and overcoat. Rupprecht is wearing a Prussian Küraßier-Regiment’s uniform and helmet. This uncommon postcard was not mailed.
This postcard shows Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) and Kronprinz Rupprecht of Bavaria. Both men are wearing mantles. Wilhelm II is wearing the 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß’s pickelhaube and overcoat. Rupprecht is wearing a Prussian Küraßier-Regiment’s uniform and helmet. This uncommon postcard was not mailed.
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This postcard shows Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) and Kronprinz Rupprecht of Bavaria. Both men are wearing mantles. Wilhelm II is wearing the 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß’s pickelhaube and overcoat. Rupprecht is wearing a Prussian Küraßier-Regiment’s uniform and helmet. This uncommon postcard was not mailed.
$15.00
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.
$15.00
This is a fine color postcard of Kaiser Wilhelm I. It commemorates the 100th anniversary of his birth (1797-1897). To the left, Wilhelm I appears in a Küraßier’s uniform. To the right, we see his place in Berlin.
This is a fine color postcard of Kaiser Wilhelm I. It commemorates the 100th anniversary of his birth (1797-1897). To the left, Wilhelm I appears in a Küraßier’s uniform. To the right, we see his place in Berlin.
$15.00
The Kaiserin Friedrich (1840-1901), as she was known after her husband, Kaiser Friedrich III’s [1831-1888] death, was Queen Victoria’s only daughter and namesake, Victoria. A Princess Royal of England, she married Friedrich when he was Prussia’s Kronprinz. Upon his father Wilhelm I’s death, Friedrich III assumed the throne for a mere ninety-nine days before he also died. He was succeeded by his eldest son, who became Kaiser Wilhelm II. This postcard, which has a message written on its obverse, depicts the Kaiserin. The postcard was mailed in 1901, her death year.
The Kaiserin Friedrich (1840-1901), as she was known after her husband, Kaiser Friedrich III’s [1831-1888] death, was Queen Victoria’s only daughter and namesake, Victoria. A Princess Royal of England, she married Friedrich when he was Prussia’s Kronprinz. Upon his father Wilhelm I’s death, Friedrich III assumed the throne for a mere ninety-nine days before he also died. He was succeeded by his eldest son, who became Kaiser Wilhelm II. This postcard, which has a message written on its obverse, depicts the Kaiserin. The postcard was mailed in 1901, her death year.