Berlin German History Museum

[Ron Tamburrini]

Some random pics

 

[Martin Antonenko]

thanks for sharing!
The Uniform with Pickelhaube is the one of emperor Wilhelm II.

Cheers

 

[billyturnip]

Great photo's Ron.
Can anyone tell me if that is the Duke of Brunswick (Herzog von Braunschweig.) in the painting next to Napoleon... Martin?

Roger.

 

[housecarl]

More good stuff Ron.
Carl.

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Hi Roger!

On the painting there is not the Duke of Brunswick to be seen, but Friedrich II., Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel (1720 - 1785).
Behind the Landgraf there You can see a Hessian flag.

Particularly notorious Friedrich II. was due to the sale of 20,000 soldiers who had to fight on the British side against the American independence fighters in the british-american war.
With the so "earned" money, he financed his life of luxury and his magnificent buildings.

Landgraf Friedrich II. participated on the Prussian side the Seven Years' War and was initially general and since 14. May 1760 General-Fieldmarshal.

The picture is from the painter Johann Heinrich Tischbein (sen.) (1729 - 1789) and was painted in 1770.

Cheers

 

[billyturnip]

Thanks very much Martin, easy mistake to make .

Roger.

 

[Martin Antonenko]

There exists a very similiar painting of the Duke of Brunswick...:

Cheers

 

[billyturnip]

There exists a very similiar painting of the Duke of Brunswick...:

Cheers

Thanks Martin, that makes me feel much better.