$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 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.
$15.00
This postcard shows the first important Prussian King, Frederick the Great. He led Prussia from a little-known German state to a recognized power in Europe. He is seen from the chest up (wearing his tricorn cap) in a charcoal sketch that is signed by the artist.
This postcard shows the first important Prussian King, Frederick the Great. He led Prussia from a little-known German state to a recognized power in Europe. He is seen from the chest up (wearing his tricorn cap) in a charcoal sketch that is signed by the artist.
$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.