15 German Cigarette Cards Of The Imperial Prussian Army, Issued 1934, 3/3
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:18503953 | 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. 2: First East Prussian Grenadier Regiment No. 1 “Crown Prince”attacking atthe Battle of Gross-Gablick on September 9, 1914. No.3: Second East Prussian Grenadier Regiment No. 3 “KindFriedrich Wilhelm I” engaging enemy inf...antry. No. 59: AnAll-Terrain Truck of the Second Prussian Motorized-Unit out of Stettin. No.75: Defense Forces of German East Africa Fighting in the Bush (1914-18). No. 76: Second Prussian Guard Regiment of Foot storming St. Privat on August 18, 1870. No. 90: SecondBrandenburg ngineering Battalion No. 28 during the Breakthrough at Brzeziny onNovember 23, 1914. No. 91: An Armored Vehicle of the Third Prussian Motor Unit on Reconaissance.No. 93:Airship Battalion No. 1 Preparing a Tethered Balloon for Ascent. No. 95: Recruits of the Third Prussian Transport Unit take an oath. No. 139: The Fifth Wuerttemberg Grenadier Regiment No. 123"King Carl" at the Battle of Borodino (Russia) on Sept. 7, 1812. No. 260: Rhenish Ulan Regiment No. 7"Grand Duke Friedrich of Baden" and Prussian Fusilier Regiment No. 40"Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern" at Saarbruecken (1870). No. 268: Pommeranian Husar Regiment No. 5 “Prince Blücher von Wahlstatt” at Lancing Practice. No. 269:Prussian Ranger Regiment of Horse No. 4 at the Battle of Tannenberg (August 30, 1914). No. 274: Second PommeranianUlan Regiment No. 9 at the Battle of Querfeldein. No. 285: First Guard Dragoon Regiment "Queen Victoria of GreatBritain and Ireland" at the Battle of Mars la Tour (August 16, 1870). 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.
