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15 German trade cards: WW1 action photos from Imperial Archive, issued 1933
15 German trade cards: WW1 action photos from Imperial Archive, issued 1933

15 German trade cards: WW1 action photos from Imperial Archive, issued 1933

$ 2.14

Availability: 33 in stock
  • Condition: Good condition for their age. Never glued. No. 1/3: Faint semicircular crease on right. No. 4/5: Corner crease lower left and upper right. No. 5/8: Small faint crease right side. No. 10/1: Corner crease upper left. No. 13/3: Small crease top margin. Please see photos for exact condition.
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  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
  • Modified Item: No
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    Description

    Offered here are 15 original German cigarette cards with photos of World War I from the Reichsarchiv Potsdam, issued by the Immalin Werke (Shoe Polish, Waxes, Cleaning Products) in 1933 for the album
    Der Weltkrieg 1914-1918
    (The World War 1914-1918). Pictured here are:
    Series 1: Mobilization, the First Battles in the West, and the Prelude to the Marne (Aug. 2 – Sept 5, 1914)
    Picture 2
    : German Jägers fighting in the Argonne Forest. This fighting in the forest caused high casualties because one could often only see the enemy from close proximity.
    Picture 3
    : A German Ulan patrol in a firefight from behind a wall in a village.
    Series 2: The Marne Battle (September 6
    th
    to 12
    th
    , 1914).
    Picture 2
    : The field kitchen was for German troops a very valuable piece of field equipment. After a grueling march or a victorious battle the “goulash cannons” were brought out to distribute warm food.
    Series 3: The Battle of Tannenberg (August 23
    rd
    to 31
    st
    , 1914).
    Picture 6
    : A picture of the completely destroyed East Prussian city of Neidenburg after the retreat of Russian troops.
    Series 4: The Battle of the Masurian Lakes (Eastern Front, September 5
    th
    to 15
    th
    , 1914).
    Picture 5
    : A Russian shell lands in a German position in the forest.
    Series 5: The Battle of the Yser River (Oct. 18 – Nov. 13, 1914).
    Picture 3
    : A German shell explodes in an English trench at Langemarck. At the Battle of Langemarck volunteer German troops went on the attack singing the “Germany Song”. It was here that the flower of Germany’s academic youth fell in great numbers.
    Picture 4
    : The future German Chancellor A. H. is pictured here with an “x” in the company of his comrades of the 16
    th
    Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment in their lodging area. [A translation of the remainder of the text on the back is available upon request.]
    Picture 5
    : A German artillery observer with a scissors telescope on the road to Langemarck.
    Picture 6
    : A German pontoon supply train brings pontoons to the front to bridge a canal.
    Picture 8
    : The Ypres Canal, which was the center of bitter fighting during the Battle of the Yser River.
    Series 7: The Winter Fighting in the Masur Region (February 4
    th
    to February 22
    nd
    , 1915)
    Picture 3
    : A company prepares to move against the enemy.
    Picture 4
    : Infantry on the attack! The fighting around Ortelsburg.
    Series 10: The Fighting around La Bass
    ée and Arras (May 9
    th
    to July 2
    nd
    1917).
    Picture 1
    : : Firing a long-barrel cannon.
    Series 12: The Campaign in Serbia (October 6
    th
    to November 28
    th
    , 1915).
    Picture 7
    : Bulgarian trench at the front near the Monastir Heights.
    Series 13: The Battle of Verdun (February 21
    st
    to September 9
    th
    1916).
    Picture 3
    : The first German storm troopers cutting barbed wired to make a path for the soldiers that will follow.
    Each card measures 3 and ½ inches by 2 and 3/8 inches.
    With multiple purchases, please wait for the invoice for reduced shipping.