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Historical Military Ceremonies

Vintage images of military generals and officials in formal settings, dressed in historical uniforms, capturing significant oaths and reviews from early 20th century.

WW1 - Allied Military Commanders at Metz, 8th December 1918 - Joffre, Foch, Douglas Haig, Pershing and Petain. Date: 1918

11/11/1923. Toledo. At the Infantry Academy. General Rivera's cousin (1) Giving a speech at the flag swearing ceremony by the New Students, which was also attended by the Cardinal Archbishop, Dr. Reig. 2. General Weyler, (3) and the Patriarch of the Indies.

Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Yang Shangkun with part of the leading cadres of the 1st and the 15th army groups of the Chinese Red Army in Chunhua, Shaanxi, after the victory of the Long March in 1936. Front row (l to r) Wang Shudao, Yang Shangkun, Nie Rongzhen, Xu Haidong. Back row (l to r) Luo Ruiqing, Cheng Zihua, Chen Guang, Deng Xiaoping.

Minister Sidney Sonnino leaving the Foreign Ministry, where the Allied Conference was held, Paris, France, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 31, August 5, 1917.

Emperor Charles I, visit to Moena: Reception of the civilian population. .

01/29/1921. Saragossa. Solemn Ceremony. The Mayor (1), Imposing the city's gold medal on the flag of the Civil Guard. 2. Mayor's Speech (X). (Photo. Luis Choliz).

''Quelques "AS"; Lieutenant Daucourt et capitaine de Beauchamps', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

H.M. the King (then Prince of Wales) with Lord Cheesmore inspects the Guard of Honour, Middlesex Regt., at the National Rifle Association Jubilee Meeting at Bisley, July 24th, 1909. February 11, 1935.

"Lafayette, Nous Voici" - Soon after the arrival of the American troops in France, General Pershing was invited to speak at the grave of Lafayette. "Lafayette, we are here!"

Visit Sr.Majesty Kaiser Karl in Levico.

Travel from Kaiser Charles I to South Tyrol, Baitle.

Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) and Prince Henry his brother having tea with general von Heeringen

Karl I visits Jezierna immediately after the successful counterfeit in Galicia.

General Major of Spitzmüller. .

Photo collection prints Anefo Rousel. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection prints Anefo Rousel, photo number 157-0506. 1956

General Diaz and General Foch meeting at the Italian headquarters, Italy, 2 May 1918. Artist: Unknown

Ataman Grigory Semyonov (1890-1946) - Leader of the White movement in Transbaikal, he was appointed Lieutenant General and Ataman in the Imperial Russian army in 1919. Date: circa 1920

06/08/1924. Visit of the Kings of Italy to Madrid, in the image in the monastery of El Escorial.

General Alexander von Kluck, in his car, commander of the right wing of the German army in France, with his chief of staff, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLI, No 46, November 15, 1914.

John J. Pershing (18601948); U.S. General of the Armies arrives in France during World War one

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection London County Council women ambulance driver and police constable taking down and checking particulars of an accident.

07/15/1922. Barcelona. The festival of our Lady of Carmen on the "Río de la Plata" Cruise. The Captain General (1) and the Navy Commanders (2) and the Cruise Commanders (3) with the Guests at the campaign mass.

Forbach Liberation Anniversary Celebrations. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Funeral of King George V (1936); King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. the four sons of the late king (King Edward VIII, the Duke of York, the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent) take part in the state funeral.

Malenkov, Beria and Khrushchev by the Stalin's coffin before the Hall of Columns on March 9, 1953 / Anonymous / Photograph / 1953 / Russia / Private Collection /

Visit to the Apostolic field Vikar Bjelik.

With black flags, miners of the Bismarck colliery and their relatives demonstrated against the closure of their colliery on 19 February 1966, Germany, Europe

Spanish refugees arrive in France during the Spanish Civil War

Italy. Fascism. Benito Mussolini At Gran Sasso Liberation

The Standard Bearer and Guards of the First Battalion of the Fifth Infantry Regiment of the Imperial Guard / Abdullah Frères, Phot, Constantinople

March 1940. The Generalissimo in the Patio de los Naranjos -Approximate date.

Police guarding failed Pati's bank, Elizabeth St. New York City

Senior Nazis, Germany, 1937. Artist: Unknown

Royal Visit official group at Government house. October 22, 1934.

Khalkhin-Gol. 1919. At the command post of the 1st Army Group.

Gen. Semenoff & Gen. Graves

General Franco and José María Gil-Robles y a prominent Spanish politician in the period leading up to the Spanish Civil War, speaks in Parliament in 1936

Bastille Day Celebrations In Paris General de Gaulle and the Bay of Tunis at the saluting base in the Place de Bastille as the great parade marched by.Paris held its first official Bastille Day celebrations for six years on July 14, commemorating the 156th. anniversary of the storming of the Bastille. General de Gaulle took the salute at a parade which included British. Canadian, American and Belgian troops, and dancing and dancing and rejoining went on throughout the night in the streets of the French capital. July 16, 1945.

12/16/1917. In the center of the army and the Navy, in Madrid. Discovery of the commemorative tombstone of the inauguration of the Building, Verified Last Night, with the assistance of the Ministers of War (1) and the Navy (2).

German Nazi party leaders, c1933(). Artist: Unknown

OSWALD ERNALD MOSLEY British politician, founded British Union of Facists (1932), photographed with Italian fascists in 1933. Date: 1896 - 1980

Photo collection First World War. The Visit Of Her Majesty The Queen. The Queen Arrrves at a Hospital. 1914-1918}

King Vittorio Emanuele III visiting the Finzi-Ottolenghi Institute for the re-education of the mutilates, Milan, Italy, World War I, from l'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLV, No 36, September 8, 1918.

09/01/1916. Blessing of a Somaten flag. Solemn consecration of the flag of the Somaten de Horta (Barcelona), under the presidency of the general of this Corporation, Mr. Eloy Hervás (X).

06/30/1922. Melilla. The "El Imparcial" Awards. The General Commander Mr. Ardanaz, Delivering the 20 Prizes of 1000 Pesetas to Many Other Soldiers who have distinguished themselves extraordinarily in the current campaign.

Kalusz, Archduke Friedrich at the 3rd Army Command.

War album 28, picture 7863.

González Reina, On the Right, Inaugurated with Cardinal Monreal and the Military Authorities the I Ibero-American Trade Fair in 1961.

PERSHING , JOHN JOSEPH MILITAR AMERICANO . 1860 - 1948 FOTOGRAFIA DE LA LLEGADA A FRANCIA COMO JEFE DE LA ARMADA AMERICANA.

Skiopticone image with motifs of unknown flight crew.

ADOLPHE MENJOU and GEORGE MACREADY in PATHS OF GLORY (1957), directed by STANLEY KUBRICK.

Parade of the Infantry Regiment No. 59 in front of Emperor Karl in Trento.

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

The alliance between militarism and fascism. President P. Hindenburg, Chancellor A. Hitler, G. Goering. 1933

'' Le Baton de Foch; Foch, Marechal de France', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

The students of the Imperial Military High School / fotoğraf Föbus

Heinrich himmler, joachim von ribbentrop, galizia, 1940

11/30/1908. Grenade. The King in the Alhambra. His Majesty and his accompaniment Leaving the room of the two Sisters to the courtyard of the Lions.

Distribution of Christmas gifts to Italian soldiers, Ain Zara, Libya, Italian-Turkish war, photograph by Aldo Molinari, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIX, No 1, January 7, 1912.

French Cavalry Officers School. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Dr. GOEBBELS emerging from a polling place in Berlin after casting his vote for Hitler. October 27, 1934.

Adolf Hitler ; Franz von Papen (centre) and General Werner von Blomberg; Chief of the Armed Forces

Balfour, Lansing

09/14/1913. The president of the Court. General Tovar, president of the court that acts in the San Francisco barracks on the occasion of the murder of Jalón, leaving after holding the first session.

Forbach Liberation Anniversary Celebrations. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Germans prisoner of war, 1945 photograph German prisoners of war guarded by English soldiers. Netherlands photographic support prisoner of war (after the battle) Netherlands

Kaiser Karl I. in Sokal-Wladimir-Wolinsky-Kowel. .

Geiser Theodore (mons) Collection Count Bernstoff, German Ambassador in Washington till February 1917, and to Porte from September 1917 October 1918. He caused prominent Americans to be warned before sailing in the 'Lusitania',

War Industry during the First World War The Minister of Munitions Winston Churchill is escorted through the yard of Georgetown's filling works near Glasgow by female workers during a visit on 9 October 1918.

Carol II of Romania (1893-1953) with his brother Nicholas (1903-1978) heads towards the Chamber of Deputies in Bucharest, Romania, for swearing as new king, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, year LVII, n 24, June 15, 1930.

Japanese Naval officers: Capt. G. Ishii, Adm. Ijichi, Flag Lieut. Shimomure, and Capt. T. Sato

Officers in the Hussars, Chaussee de Louvain, Brussels, First World War, 1914. Artist: Unknown

Mahatma Gandhi inspecting an Italian youth rally in Rome, Italy, December 13, 1931 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Visit to Beersheba Agricultural Station (Experimental) by Brig. Gen. Allen & staff & talks to Bedouin sheiks of district by station superintendent. Gen. Allan asking questions about this Australian wheat. 1940, Israel, Beersheba

01/31/1917. In a French port Russian and French officers aboard the Transport "Lutetia" that recently conducted a military expedition.

08/31/1918. The Infanta Doña Isabel in Barcelona. Her Royal Highness (X), Accompanied by the Authorities, Witnessing, from the door of the General Captaincy, the parade of the Troops that Honored Her Upon Her Arrival - Approximate date.

01/31/1913. The Minister of the Navy Visiting the Latest Works Completed in the Port of Valencia.

Exhibit Supply Company Picture Post Card, Scene from "The Pony Express". "The capturing of an Indian spy" in the film "The Pony Express." This item is a picture post card used as an exhibit in the case of J. Frank Meyer, Trading as the Exhibit Supply Company v. Louis Hurwitz, Trading as United Postcard Supply Company. Issued by Exhibit Supply Company, this post card features a scene from the film "The Pony Express.".

Representative of the Japanese Foreign Minister M. Shigemitsu signs the Japan Surrender Act. September 2, 1945

07/22/1910. Don Alfonso Xiii in Santander. The monarch and his entourage touring the island of Pedrosa.

Anefo photo collection. 200 anniversary of the genius Utrecht. May 20, 1948. Utrecht

Elsevier photo collection. Plein 1813, Eisenhower maintenance Prime Minister Drees Minister War Marine H.L. S'Jacob. left Eisenhower, 's-Jacob, Alfred Gruenther, Dr. W. Drees. January 11, 1951. Hague, South Holland

Bucharest, Romania c. 1933A royal black eye is what King Carol (right) of Romania is sporting after a tiff with his brother, Prince Nicholas (left). Prince Nicholas enraged his brother by marrying an untitled woman, and a fist fight enused.

Photograph of European royalty gathered in London for the funeral of King Edward VII on May 10th 1910. Among the mourners were nine reigning kings, who were photographed together in what very well may be the only photograph of nine reigning kings ever taken. Of the nine sovereigns pictured, four would be deposed and one assassinated. Within five years, Britain and Belgium would be at war with Germany and Bulgaria. Only five of the nine monarchies represented in the photo still exist today.

Mussolini on the banks of the tevere awaits the arrival of francesco de pinedo at the end of the air cruise in the far east, 7th november 1925

Prince Visits Shrine ..... Prince Chichibu, who recently returned from *****, photographed today leaving the inner compound of Yasukuni Shrine, where His Highness paid a visit in honor of the war dead. The semi-annual festival of Yasukuni Shrine opened Friday and will continue through today. October 23, 1937. (Photo by The Domei News Photos Service).

Kaiser Wilhelm II (right) with Pavlov Skoropadsky (1873-1945) the Hetman of the Ukraine. Note the Kaisers withered left arm.

Group acquisition: Quartermaster Department of the army command. FM. Archduke Eugen ,.

01/06/1913. General Aldave in Madrid. Mr. José García Aldave (X) when leaving the Palace, yesterday morning, after completing A HM The King. photo duke.

Penfold Hyland; Ralph Stewart. September 30, 1941.

03/13/1908. The Austro-Hungarian Sailors in Madrid. From right to left, Seated: Captains Bourguignon, Montaner (Spanish), Admiral Ziegler, Captain Estrada (Spanish), Lieutenant Commander Marchetti; Standing: Captain Sobral (Spanish), Lieutenant Neuffer, Lieutenant Commander Drexel, Captains Njegovan, Lanjus, Lieutenant Commander Dassenbacher and Lieutenant Peter.

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. The king of Saxony at the Navy. The king on the bridge S.M.S. His Majesty ship "Augsburg". {1914-1918}

Anefo photo collection. General Eisenhower at Dr. Drees and Minister S Jacob. January 11, 1951

Marshal S. K. Timoshenko (Commander-in-Chief of the Southwestern Direction and Hero of the Soviet Union) and Lieutenant-General F. Z. Kostenko, Commander of the Southwestern Front. November 26, 1942. (Photo by Sovfoto).

09/30/1938. Cadiz. Moment in which General Millán Astray placed the insignia of the legion on the chest of the general in chief of the Italian Legionary Troops, Berti Orti. Photo Piñero.

The Commander of the Southwest Front Archduke Eugen accompanied by the corpskommandour Rudolf Kralicek visits the 16th corps.

Generals Luigi Cadorna (1850-1928) and Carlo Porro (1854-1939) aboard a Caproni military biplane, Italy, World War I, photo by Revedin from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIII, No 2, January 9, 1916.

Princess Beatrix brings an introductory visit to various parts of the Royal Navy. Some people are presented in the Van Braam Houckgeestkazerne (VBHKAZ) from the Mariniers corps in Mariniers in Doorn.

Goemboes, Hitler, Frick. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

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