15 German Cigarette Cards Of The Imperial Prussian Army, Issued 1934, 1/3
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:18503924 | Modified Item: No |
| Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany |
Offered here are 15 Germancigarette cards of the Prussian Army up to 1918 (end of WWI), issued in 1934 bythe Waldorf-Astoria Cigarette Co. for the album Das Reichsheer und seine Tradition (TheGerman Army and its Tradition). Pictured here are: No. 10:Third Brandenburg Infantry Regiment No. 20 "Count Tauentzien vonWittenberg" Storming Wittenberg in the night of January 12 and 13, 1814. No. 43: Schleswig-HolsteinFusilier Regiment No. 86 “”Königin” (Queen) at the Grea...t Battle of France(March 21, 1918). No.89: Guard Pioneer Battalion Storming Le Bourget (October 30, 1870). No. 94: Silesian Supply TrainUnit No. 6 on the way to build a bridge. No.200: Fourth Lorraine Field Artillery Regiment No. 70 at the Battle ofCambrai (November 30, 1917). No. 201: First Hannoverian Field Artillery Regiment No. 10 “VonScharnhorst” during exercises. No.220: Reconnaissance practice by the Prussian 16th Infantry Regiment “Grand DukeFerdinand of Tuscany” and the Seventh Cavalry Regiment “Prince Alfons”. No. 221: Third Infantry Regiment“Prince Karl of Bavaria” breaks through at Gorlice-Tarnow on May 2, 1915. No. 222: First Ranger Battalion “King”on Mount Kemmel in Flanders (April 1918). No.223: A Returning Patrol of the 20thBavarian Infantry Regimentfrom Regensburg, Ingolstadt, Passau and Amberg. No. 224: Point Soldiers of the Sixth Infantry Regiment "KingWilhelm of Prussia". No. 226:11th Prussian InfantryRegiment “Von der Tann” setting up a bivouac. No. 228:Second Bavarian Ranger Battalion Regaining the Positions at Thiaumont (August8, 1916). No. 230:Seventh Infantry Regiment “Prince Leopold” at Sedan (Bazeilles) on September 1, 1870. No.233: Fourth Infantry Regiment “KingWilhelm of Wuerttemberg” making arrangements for lodging during maneuvers.On the back of each cardat the bottom are directions on how people collecting these pictures in the1930s could get the album for the pictures. The cards from the Waldorf-AstoriaCo. read: "You can get the album for these 328 pictures for 1 Reichsmarkat any cigarette store or by paying that amount to the following Post Officechecking account: Munich 1979." Please note: the number "1979"here is not a date/year, but a postal account number. Each card measures 2 and ½inches by 2 inches.With multiple purchases, please wait for the invoice for reduced shipping.
