Hi guys ,
I was pleased to receive from my friend Ulrich at Puchala Miniatures the next 2 releases in their WW1 range , the first is Crown Prince Rupert of Bavaria (or Kronprinz Rupprecht von Bayern in German)
So let have a little background on the subject first :
Born in Munich on 18May 1869 in German his full title is His full title was His Royal Highness Rupprecht Maria Luitpold Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria, of Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine ...phew some title .
In WW1 he commanded the German Sixth Army at the outbreak of World War I in Lorraine. While part of the German army was participating in the Schlieffen plan, the Crown Prince led his troops on to the Battle of Lorraine.
Rupprecht achieved the rank of field marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) in July 1916 and assumed command of Army Group Rupprecht on 28 August that year, consisting of the 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th Army.
He was later given command of the 6th Army in Northern France and remained on the Western Front during the stalemate that would last until the end of the war
He died in 1955 at Schloss Leutstetten at the age of eighty-six, he was treated like a deceased monarch, receiving a state funeral. He is buried in the crypt of the Theatinerkirche in Munich near his grandfather Prince Luitpold and great-great-grandfather King Maximilian I, between his first wife Duchess Maria Gabrielle and his oldest son Prince Luitpold.
And here's picture of the man himself
Continued in next post :
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I was pleased to receive from my friend Ulrich at Puchala Miniatures the next 2 releases in their WW1 range , the first is Crown Prince Rupert of Bavaria (or Kronprinz Rupprecht von Bayern in German)
So let have a little background on the subject first :
Born in Munich on 18May 1869 in German his full title is His full title was His Royal Highness Rupprecht Maria Luitpold Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria, of Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine ...phew some title .
In WW1 he commanded the German Sixth Army at the outbreak of World War I in Lorraine. While part of the German army was participating in the Schlieffen plan, the Crown Prince led his troops on to the Battle of Lorraine.
Rupprecht achieved the rank of field marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) in July 1916 and assumed command of Army Group Rupprecht on 28 August that year, consisting of the 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th Army.
He was later given command of the 6th Army in Northern France and remained on the Western Front during the stalemate that would last until the end of the war
He died in 1955 at Schloss Leutstetten at the age of eighty-six, he was treated like a deceased monarch, receiving a state funeral. He is buried in the crypt of the Theatinerkirche in Munich near his grandfather Prince Luitpold and great-great-grandfather King Maximilian I, between his first wife Duchess Maria Gabrielle and his oldest son Prince Luitpold.
And here's picture of the man himself
Continued in next post :
Nap
