Time of the famous buffalo hunt in honor of the Grand Duke Alexis.
Category: Military
Circassian on horseback in complete armor.
Circassian on horseback in complete armor 18th century. THE opposite engraving represents a Circassian on horseback, in his complete armour, a description of which has been given in the preceding… Read More
Surrender negotiations before sedan on the 2nd, September 1870.
The Capitulation of Sedan. The German-French surrender negotiations on 2 September 1870. The German negotiator is Otto Graf von Bismarck (1815-1898).
Frankish Merovingian costume history 4th and 5th century.
The Nobility. State Costume — Men 6th, 7th and 8th Centuries. Goldsmiths’ Work. Costume of the Middle Classes Men. Lower Classes. The Glove. Costume of the Nobility Women. Jewellery of the Franks.
Viking of the Varangian Guard. Byzantine. Imperial bodyguard.
At the end of the tenth century the Varangian Guard, an Imperial bodyguard, were a conspicuous, picturesque, and useful adjunct to the Byzantine Court.
Costume Sergeant Swiss Guard of the Pope
Sergeant Swiss Guard of the Pope 1834. Sergent Suisse de la Garde du Pape. Source: Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world, based on authentic documents and and newer… Read More
Dragoon officer Contingent Basel. Uniforms of the Swiss cantons.
Tragoner Offizier Contingent Basel.
Heinrich Fuhrer sergeant of Anwill Contingent Basel.
Heinrich Fuhrer Wachtmeister von Anwill Contingent Basel. Uniforms of the Swiss cantons.
Martin Schneider sergeant in the Grenadier Company Bern.
Martin Schneider Feldwebel der Grenadier Compagnie Bern.
John Lang of St. Urban in the Willisauer Office of the Lucerne Contingent.
John Lang of St. Urban in the Willisauer Office of the Lucerne Contingent.