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20 color German cig. cards of the Prussian/Imperial German Army, issued 1934
20 color German cig. cards of the Prussian/Imperial German Army, issued 1934

20 color German cig. cards of the Prussian/Imperial German Army, issued 1934

$ 2.9

Availability: 21 in stock
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
  • Condition: Very good condition for their age. Never glued. No. 85: Small crease lower left. No. 122: Tiny corner crease lower right; wear on upper right margin. No. 137: Small crease at bottom. Please see photos for exact condition.
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  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Modified Item: No
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days

    Description

    Offered here are 20 German cigarette cards of the Prussian Army up to 1918 (end of WWI), issued in 1934 by the Eckstein-Halpaus and Waldorf-Astoria Cigarette Companies for the album
    Das Reichsheer und seine Tradition
    (The German Army and its Tradition). Pictured here are:
    No. 44: T
    hird Hanseatic Infantry Regiment No. 162 “Luebeck” parading with music through the city.
    No. 49:
    Second Prussian Artillery Regiment out of Schwerin, Stettin, Guestrow and Itzehoe setting up the gun.
    No. 52:
    Second Pommeranian Foot Artillery Regiment No. 15 with older howitzers on the Eastern Front (near Krevo).
    No. 55:
    First Pommeranian Foot Artillery Regiment No. 2 “von Hindersin” during firing exercises on the coast.
    No. 56:
    Second West Prussian Field Artillery Regiment No. 36 After the Celebration of the Kaiser's Birthday.
    No. 61:
    Second Prussian Transport Unit out of Stettin Training on Foot.
    No. 65:
    Second Silesian Ranger Battalion No. 6 Attacking in the Forest.
    No. 71:
    Defense Forces in the Colony of Cameroon Moving Out on an Expedition.
    No. 78:
    Member of the Brandenburg Fusilier Regiment No. 35 “Prince Heinrich of Prussia” standing guard.
    No. 85:
    Prussian Guard Foot Artillery Regiment during attack exercises at Muenster (1900).
    No. 89:
    Guard Pioneer Battalion Storming Le Bourget (October 30, 1870).
    No. 97:
    Tenth Saxon Infantry Regiment i Line Formation. The Regiment is based in Dresden, Bautzen and L
    ö
    bau.
    No. 102:
    Trooping the Colors of the Fourth Infantry Regiment No. 103 at the King’s Parade.
    No. 109:
    Reserves of the 12
    th
    Infantry Regiment hurrying to the front.
    No. 115:
    Fourth Rheinland Infantry Regiment No. 30 “Count Werder” firing at the retreating enemy.
    No. 122:
    Mansfeld Field Artillery Regiment No. 75 Crossing the Maas River (August 1914).
    No. 127:
    First Lothringian Pioneer Battalion No. 16 storming Fort Camp des Romains (September 26, 1914).
    No. 137:
    13th Wuerttemberg Infantry Regiment out of Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart, Ulm and Gmuend on maneuver march through a village.
    No. 164:
    Brandenburg Foot Artillery Regiment No. 3; Battery 1 Outside Paris (1870-71).
    No. 167:
    Railway Regiment No. 3 constructing a rail line.
    On the back of each card at the bottom are directions on how people collecting these pictures in the 1930s could get the album for the pictures. The cards from the Waldorf-Astoria Co. read: "You can get the album for these 328 pictures for 1 Reichsmark at any cigarette store or by paying that amount to the following Post Office checking account: Munich 1979." Please note: the number "1979" here is
    not
    a date/year, but a postal account number.
    Each card measures 2 and ½ inches by 2 inches.
    With multiple purchases, please wait for the invoice for reduced shipping.