15 German Cigarette Cards Of The Imperial German Army, Issued 1934, 2/2
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:27493153 | Modified Item: No |
| Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany |
Offeredhere are 15 German cigarette cards of the Prussian Army up to 1918 (end ofWWI), issued in 1934 by the Eckstein-Halpaus and Waldorf-Astoria Cigarette Companiesfor the album Das Reichsheer und seine Tradition (The GermanArmy and its Tradition). Pictured here are: No. 81:First Upper Alsatian Field Artillery Regiment No. 15 Advancing to Battle in theWinter of 1915. No. 84: Second Silesian Field ArtilleryRegiment No. 42 during maneuvers. No. 107: Second Engineering Bat...talionNo. 22 on a Training March. No.148: The Eighth Baden Infantry Regiment No. 169. “Let’s go!March, March!” No. 163: RegimentalStaff Officers of the First Wuerttemberg Field Artillery Regiment No. 13 “KingKarl” Riding Out to a Parade. No. 179: Magdeburg Fusilier RegimentNo. 36 “General Field Marshall Count Blumenthal” advancing to the West inAugust 1914. No.186: Rhenish Ranger Battalion No. 8 on border patrol in theVogese Mountains. No. 273: Pommeranian Heavy CavalryRegiment No. 2 "Queen" at the Battle of Hohenfriedberg (June 4, 1745). No. 275:Seventh Prussian Cavalry Regiment out of Breslau and Lueben Advancing. No. 279: Eighth Prussian Cavalry Regimentout of Oels, Ramslau and Brieg Sending Sharpshooters to the Front. No. 288: Magdeburg Heavy Cavalry Regiment No. 7 "Von Seydlitz"at the Battle of Mars la Tour (August 16, 1870). No. 302: First Hannovarian "King'sUlans" Regiment No. 13 at the Battle of Garcia Hernandez (Spain, 1812, Napoleonic Wars). No.306: Members of the Mecklenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 17, the Guard Rifles Battalion and the Guard Machine Gun Unit No. 2 with thecavalry division. No. 312: Members of the ReconnaissancePatrols of the Westphalian Ulan Regiment No. 5 and the Second Westphalian HussarRegiment No. 11 exchange intelligence. No.320: Fifth Heavy Cavalry Regiment "Archduke Friedrich of Austria"on patrol.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 1Reichsmark at any cigarette store or by paying that amount to the followingPost Office checking account: Munich 1979." Please note: the number"1979" here is not a date/year, but a postal accountnumber. Each card measures 2 and ½inches by 2 inches.With multiple purchases, please wait for the invoice for reduced shipping.
