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OK this
and the next are the only two photographs of von Moltke
I have seen. Lots of prints and CDVs but larger
photos .... this is it. Now as soon as I say this
I will be flooded by folks showing me theirs.
Didn't happen still the
only 2! |
| Photo with
an original signature on a card. That was how signatures
were collected back then. |

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Cool black
and white / sepia tones English print "Germans to
the Front". Boxer rebellion in a German Chinese frame.
Oriental carving. |
| Janet calls
this a life magazine cover. Glossy druck of Kaiser son
and brother with wives. Original frame. Frames of
that period sucked. Acid free did not exist and
they had no style. |

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Young Kaiser
and family in original frame. After only one child.
6 Boys, one girl. Large family. |
| One of many
photo wall hangings of Franz-Joseph |

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Fredrick
the Grand Duke of Baden and his wife. Full color
and large in original frame with some original mildew.
A contemporary of Wilhelm in age. Doesn't seem like they
were close. |
| Very large
litho of Kaiser and son. What makes this different
is the use of the Kaiser's left hand. Withered at
birth, this litho shows it in full use. Very unusual. The
entire arm thing was controversial. His mother, Vicky,
blamed herself for a fall during pregnancy. The
doctor was blamed for botching a breach birth and injuring
the shoulder. Folks were vituperative and it was
always someone else's fault. This propaganda litho
showed the arm in full use while he could not raise it
more than a few inches. |

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I
have seen 3 of these (not to the same guy). Lots of foxing.
Made out to Wilhelm von Marenbach my old war buddy etc.... Then it is
signed. Appears to have been signed by char. General der
Artillerie a.D. Rudolf v. Horn. It is dated 2 days after Hindenburg
died!
dedicated in recognition and gratitude for long lasting membership in the veterans league.
Berlin, the date
The board of directors of the prussian provincial veterans league.
(signature)
General of the artillery, retired, president.
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| Outstanding
picture of August Victoria and her daughter Victoria Louise,
with a signed and dated inscription from the mother which
states generally that during these tough times us noble
women need to show the world how it is done. Large and
one of a kind. While the Kaiser's second wife was
a writer Dona, his first wife I understand seldom wrote
anything. Found in a junk yard near the daughter's old
home. |

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Signed and
dated presentation photo of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Crown on
top of the frame a little damaged. |
| Signed photo/litho
of Cecile the Crown Princess. I hope to do some research
into the obviously unhappy marriage between her and the
crown prince. |

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Huge litho
of the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II dated 1903. Original
frame repaired a bit. This is probably unique. Pictures
like this were used to sell rooms on the ship by travel
agents. When the ship sailed, the picture was torn
down and replaced by another ship. This ship was confiscated
by the US during WW1, renamed and made into a troop ship.
The hat Talley was a gift to the ladies at the gala dinner. |
| Oil painting
on wood of a young WilhelmII in Gd. du Corps uniform.
Unsigned / undated. Two experts have examined. One
is absolutely certain it is original the other is not
sure. Frame is newer. |

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Simply outstanding
sepia toned poster of Frederick in Gd du Corps uniform.
His famous saying is on the bottom which has great significance
to us handicapped types ...."Learn to suffer without
complaining." New frame.
The treatment of this crown
prince's throat malady is one of the more vituperative
pre-war dramas I have read. The camp of German doctors
that wanted early risky surgery and the British expert,
supported by Vicky, who opposed it until it was too late.
Death came slowly to an emperor who could not speak. |
| Oil druck
Freidrich III I recently lost a bid off for a signed picture
of this guy. The Kaiser's father, was thought to be the
cuckold of Vicky his English born wife. This was the second
German Kaiser of the Second Reich and he only ruled for
99 days before dying of throat cancer. |

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Never seen one like this. Condition is perfect and another
137 piece. The geezer on the front is the colonel of the
regiment in 1906. |
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