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Historical Military Inspections

Images of military inspections and conferences featuring officers in period uniforms, with a focus on leadership figures and significant historical moments.

Survivors from the German Cruiser SMS Emden - a Captain (Hellmuth von Mucke), 3 officers and 30 men at Constantinople, Turkey - 5th May 1915. A prelude to this scene was The Battle of Cocos, which took place on 9 November 1914 during the First World War off the Cocos Islands, in the north east Indian Ocean. The SMS Emden attacked the British cable station on Direction Island and was engaged (and sunk) several hours later by the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney. The survivors from Emden were

Photo: Duke General Berenguer, with the Ministers of his Cabinet, who were sworn in before His Majesty, upon leaving the palace yesterday afternoon. The photo is a cover of ABC from January 31, 1930.

PRIMO DE RIVERA , MIGUEL. POLITICO Y MILITAR ESPAÑOL. JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA 1870 - 1930. FOTO JUNTO AL REY ALFONSO XIII Y EL DIRECTORIO MILITAR REP`RODUC EL DIRECTORIO MILITARCION FOTO.

02/16/1914. Impositions of Crosses by the Madrid Firefighters. The General of Engineers Mr. Banús Placing the Crosses for the behavior of the Firefighters in the Fire at the Pardo barracks. Photo: duke.

The Genie-Troop Regiment (1748-1923)

Trampus. "Propaganda photography: Mr. Parmentier, director general of the national police, reviews his troops". The national police in the spotlight. / Vichy-MR. Parmentier, general manager of the / national police, decorated during a / taking up arms of the Päix goalkeepers. / Mr. Parmentier, reviewing the police training / police. / V.93.717. Gelatino-silver-bromide draw. Dactylographed legend in black ink. in 1944-02-15-1944-02-15. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 144786-27

Black and white photograph of Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg (1897-1977) and President Wilhelm Miklas (1872-1956) review troops in Vienna.

March 1917. In honor of an illustrious artist. The mayor of Valencia Mr Gurrea (X) at the discovery of the tombstone that gives the name of Amparo Guillén to a street in Cabañal, where this actress was born.

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Burgos, 10/01/1936. General Francisco Franco is proclaimed head of state in the halls of the Captaincy General of Burgos.

División Azul en Alemania en 1942 (Segunda Guerra Mundial). El general Agustín Muñoz Grandes, jefe de la División, junto a sus mandos.

Front theater at the 3.ARMEKommando.

Photo collection First World War. Hospital soldier lays a connection under the watchful eye of a multiple .. 1914-1918}

Miss Dora Rodrigues recruiting for World War I. Washington, DC, circa 1918.

SEGUNDA GUERRA MUNDIAL. GUERRA DEL PACIFICO. Delegación Japonesa encabezada por Mamoru SHIGEMITSU (1887-1957), a bordo del Missouri para firmar la Capitulación de Japón el 2 de septiembre de 1945, finalizando la II Guerra Mundial.

07/31/1906. After the Duel. The uninjured combatants leave the place where they fought with a pistol.

04/22/1914. From the inauguration of the Explorers exhibition in the Retiro. HM the King Conversing with Several of the Commissioners of the Committees of Explorers of Provinces who have come to Madrid to attend the assembly.

01/05/1919. The day of the Monarchist affirmation in Barcelona. Generals, Chiefs and Officers of the garrison at the reception Held on Monday at the general captaincy.

05/05/1916. A commission in the Palace. The former president of the council Mr. Dato (X) with the Commissioners of the Barcelona Workers' institution, who yesterday presented HM The King with the title of honorary president.

His Majesty King George Reviews Fleet at Spithead -- Our photograph shows His Majesty the King with his three sons. From left to right: The Duke of Kent; The King; The Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. August 12, 1935.

Unveiling of the Emperor Franz Joseph-Monument in Reichenau.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Colonel Galbraith and Administrative Staff of the Housing of Labour, Newcastle, outside hotel. 1918.

King George and Queen Mary visit wounded soldiers, First World War, 1915, (c1920). 'Wounded Heroes from the Front: Their Majesties visiting one of the Indian Hospital Camps'. The British king and queen talking to Indian soldiers at a field hospital. From "The Great World War - A History" Volume III, edited by Frank A Mumby. The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920

Photograph shows Czar Nicholas II and his son Alexei Nikolaevich in Russian Army uniform, March 1917.

Kaiser Karl I:, visit to Tyrol: Inspecting the troupe in Pergine.

09/30/1934. Communist Red Flags that were placed in the town hall of Bembibre (León).

County Command Luck: Officer Fair. .

Madrid, 1/23/1943.- Presentation of Credentials, with the usual solemnity, the presentation of Credentials to HE The Head of State by the new German ambassador, Hans Von Moltke, was held in the Palacio de Oriente. In the Image, the Franco Generalissimo Conversing with the new Ambassador, in the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

06/30/1915. A Notable Indian Prince. Subadar Mir Dast (1), Who Has the Order of Victory and Has Been Decorated with the Order of Merit, Conversing with the English Minister of War, Lord Kitchener (2).

Polish General Kolinsky, head of the Polish delegation, departing for Riga, Warsaw, Poland, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, XVLII, No 43, October 24, 1920.

Photograph of Red Guards at the Bolshevik Headquarters. Dated 20th Century

06/25/1915. The Kings at the Infantry academy. H.H. Mm. Don Alfonso.

Lady Minto presenting colours to Herchmer's Horse as they leave Ottawa for South Africa, 19 January 1900. 2nd Boer War

Fire Chief Croker

Equestrian scene on Royal wood fortress Het Loo: Group of riders in conversation. Part of Lord Brams Photo album, Chief Quarter of Queen Wilhelmina on Royal Hunting Het Loo.

Anefo photo collection. Queen Elisabeth Van Belgium visits Belgian Lazaret Maastricht. June 20, 1940. Limburg, Maastricht

EDE, Mr. Propaganda photography: Marshal Pétain receives Mr. Guenin, president of the mutual of Paris blood donors ". During the public hearing of February 24, / Le Marechal de France, Head of State, received, among others, Mr. Guenin, Pésident of the "Mutual of Blood Donors" of Paris, / who presented the situation of donors / blood. Gelatino-silver-bromide draw. Dactylographed legend in black ink. in 1944-02-24-1944-02-24. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 144784-4

Reims , Marne , Champagne , France , 1917 - Marne - Fernand Cuville (photographic section of the armies) (French - Reims , Marne , Champagne , France). Military uniform, portrait, rear, allies, man, army, Clothing, human beings, First World War, international relations, society, France, Reims, two Russians in front of the cathedral

The first French newspaper is read after two years of German occupation in a French Town as British soldiers look on 1917

An exhibition of art by French soldiers fighting in Champagne, France, World War I, 1915. The exhibition was at Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, and was attended by Monsieur Dalimier, who was then Under-Secretary of State for the Fine Arts. A print from Le Pays de France, 1915. The artist is unknown.

12/31/1919. Melilla: the Towns of Spain Send Gifts to the Soldiers. The mayor of Manzanares and General Cabanellas Delivering Boxes of Candy to a child who serves in the Light Artillery Regiment.

Cloister of the Cathedral of Monreale. 1924

Pictured here in this photo that dates to World War I are Hindenburg and Ludendorff, the commanders of the German Armies on the Western Front. Erich Ludendorff was a German general and was vitorious in the Battle of Liege and Battle of Tannenberg. He and Hindenberg led the war efforts of the First World War, but the failure of the Spring Offensive in 1918 led to his ousting later that year. Paul von Hindenburg commanded the German military during the second half of World War I and, in 1925, was elected President of the Weimar Republic. He appointed Adolf Hitler chancellor in 1933. The zeppeli

King Alfons XIII of Spain with the Hunting Society during the moose.

The proclamation of the Republic in Portugal by Bernardino Machado (1851-1944), Lisbon, October 5, 1910, Portuguese Revolution, drawing by Gennaro Amato (1857-1947), from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVII, No 42, October 16 1910.

German crown prince

One of the first authentic photographs of Father Gapon with General Fullon, the Governor of St Petersburg, amid the strikers. With national pride already at a low ebb due to the disastrous war with Japan, Russian workers went on strike in protest about low wages in January 1905. Father Gapon led around 300 petitioners to the Winter Palace on January 17th to plead for improved working conditions, universal suffrage and an end to the war. Troops opened fire on the demonstrators resulting in over

Captain H.E. Adkins on left with Major W.T. Condor, Manager of the Australian Broadcasting Commission at the Bandsman's reception at Hyde Park. December 20, 1933.

Falange salute is offered to the coffin of the assassinated JosÈ Calvo Sotelo, 1st Duke of Calvo Sotelo (1893 ñ 1936). Spanish politician prior to and during the Second Spanish Republic. His murder by a unit of the urban police force known as the Assault Guard and several socialist (PSOE/UGT) activists contributed greatly to precipitate the Spanish Civil War,

Gen. Pershing & Miss Goodwin

Members of the Touring Club Italiano visiting the cloister of Monreale Cathedral. 1924

Lady MacMichael House Knights of St. John's Br. Red Cross, convalescent house for officers Group on the steps (Gen. Wilson). 1941, Middle East, Israel

Arrival of Turkish plane. Mayor of Jerusalem & Turkish officer. Hussein Selim el-Husseini, American Colony in background. 1914, Israel

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection American troops attending Armistace Service in Winchester Cathedral explained to them.

Anefo photo collection. General de Lattre de Tassigny arrival. September 5, 1946

KNVB photo collection. Frank Wels in conversation with an Italian police officer. In the background Hoofdconsul Boeljon.Nederland - Switzerland (2-3), played on May 27, 1934 in the San Siro stadium in Milan during the World Championships in Italy. 27 May 1934. Milan, San Siro

The aircrafts godmothers, Aviation Festival in Genoa, Italy, from l'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLV, No 35, September 1, 1918.

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Women - volunteers, corps. Aspirant recruits for the Women's Auxiliary Air Force are interviewed by a recruitment officers for a recruitment scener in London. September 12, 1939. London

10/31/1912. Driving a Montenegrin soldier wounded in the Battle of Tarabosch.

Karl I visited the Lothringer Dragoner stationed in Altbunzlau and Brandeis, 26.3.1917.

British Flags - Flags. October 24, 1950.

Anefo photo collection. Reconstruction caps. Unveiling of the monument. October 20, 1947. Noord-Holland, Petten

02/17/1914. The Campoamor monument in Madrid. Mr. González Besada (1) president of the Monument commission; The Minister of the Interior (2), and the Mayor, Viscount of Eza (3), at the handover ceremony Verified yesterday afternoon.

Revolutionary Junta Takes Over Venezuelan Govt -- Pictured above is the revolutionary junta which last weekend deposed Venexulan president Medina and his government. (L to R) Maj. Carlos Delgado Chalbaud; Raul Leoni; Romulo Betancourt, president of the junta; Luis Beltran Prieto; Capt. Mario Vargas; Dr. Edmundo Fernandez and Dr. Gonzalo Barrios. October 22, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Photograph of King George V (1865-1936) with President Raymond Poincaré (1860-1934) meeting in France during World War One. Dated 1915

The surrender of Jerusalem to the British, December 9, 1917. The Mayor of Jerusalem, with white flag, offers surrender to two British tommies (sergeants). 1898, Israel

Guerra civil española (1936-1939). Burgos. Proclamación en el Gobierno Militar del general Franco (1892-1975) como Jefe de gobierno del Estado español. 1 de octubre de 1937. Francisco Franco Bahamonde.

Matthes -- Separatists at Coblenz

Arrest of Mussert. Arrest of Anton Mussert, leader of the NSB on the Korte Vijverberg 3 in The Hague (the Groen van Prinstererhuis) on 7 May 1945. On 7 May 1946 he was shot. The right of Mussert is Johann Gottlieb Crabbendam, with bracelet. The person's extreme right is probably the G.W. Falcons.

At Border Conference in 1914 General Obregon (left) smiles with his rival Villa (center) and General Pershing. At far right is Second Lieut. George S. Patton. Villa later blamed his final defeat on these Americans.Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. January 12, 1948. (Photo by Life Magazine).

Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, (1850 - 1916), a British Field Marshal, diplomat, and statesman, hands a colonial Indian cavalry soldier a medal. Date: circa 1912

1925 - The Duce and Amundsen after the sale of Norge

Photo collection First World War. Das Gute Einnnehmen der Deutschen soldiers mit den Belgiorn. Deutsche soldiers Kaufen an einen Wohltätigkeitstage zum Besten Verwaister Belgischer Kinder Blumen. Photo that illustrates the good relationship between the German soldiers and Belgians. German soldiers buy on a charity of flowers for the welfare of orphan Belgian children .. 1914-1918}

Emperor Charles I, visit to Vezzano: Addressing a girl. .

Valencia, April 1910. His Majesty the King, Don Alfonso XIII, laying the first stone of the Monument to Cabo Noval and other heroes of the Rif campaign.

Yatta political drama, Dec. 18, 1938, West Bank, Yatta, Middle East

Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Fyodorovna with officers of the Horse Guards regiment by Russian Photographer /Private Collection/ca 1904/Photograph/Russia/Tsar's Family. House of Romanov

On board a steamship. 1924

SE.K.K.HEUTHITE WITH EXCL.KÖVESS IN KALUSZ. 16.8.16. .

Elsevier photo collection. Visit Queen Wilhelmina Destroyed Arnhem Military Te House Bronbeek. conversation soldiers KNIL. July 1945. Arnhem

Session of the Turkish-Bulgarian delegates to conclude the peace talks returning Adrianople (Edirne) and Thrace to Turkey: 1 Tocheff, 2 Natchivitch, 3 General Savoff, 4 Prime Minister Halil Bey, 5 Minister of the Navy Mahmud Pacha, 6 Interior Minister Talat Bey; Istanbul, Turkey, Second Balkan War, photograph by Georges Hurmuz, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XL, No 39, September 28, 1913.

French Commander in Chief Visits 10 Downing Street With His Premier. -- M. Daladier; M. Georges Bonnet; General Gamelin and M. Andre Corbin, French Ambassador, at 10 Downing street.General Gamelin, French commander-in-chief who had arrived in London by air only a short while before, went to 10 Downing street with M. Daladier, French Premier, and M. Bonnet, Foreign Minister, for discussions with the British Cabinet. September 26, 1938.

12/31/1929. Attempted uprising in Jaca: Galan and García Hernandez, Shot. Order will be restored soon. "The Rebel Soldiers - Abc wrote -, upon noticing the casualties caused by the opposing fire, raised their arms and asked for peace, throwing away their rifles and ammunition and saying: "brothers, don't shoot!". The officers also surrendered.

Lieutenant, The Prince of Wales, later king Edward VIII, Aide-de-Camp to Sir John French on the Western Front during World War I, at the wheel of his car with Prince Alexander of Teck as passenger. From The Illustrated War News 1915.

Commissioners of the government at the Temporary State Council on behalf of German: HR Lerchenfeld, Bogdan Hr Hutten-Czapski, counselor and on behalf of the Austrian-W Szyksk during the inaugural meeting of the Provisional Council of State in the Pału of the Republic of Poland, on January 15, 1917 album "Meeting of the Provisional Council of State on January 15, 1917"; Saryusz-Wolski, Wac AW (1870-1933); 15.01.1917 (1917-00-00-1917-00-00);Temporary State Council in the Kingdom of Poland (Warsaw-11.01. 30.08.1917), Warsaw (Masovian Voivodeship), Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944)-collection

Comrade Kim Il Sung and revolutionary fighters loyal to him.

Organised Fascist social event in Acqui Terme, September 6, 1936, Italy, 20th century.

Generalstabsmajor Werth. .

09/01/1913. Of the Bell. General Arraiz, head of the Forces Operating in Yebala, talking with our colleague Antón del Olmet, in the camp.

Captain (Captain) Nikolaus Freiherr von Dittfurth, Persicular Adjutant by Feldmarschall Svetozar Boroevic recording in spring 1916 in Postjna (Adelsberg), Slovenia

Captain (Captain) Nikolaus Freiherr von Dittfurth, Personal Adjutant of Field Marshal Boroevic Recording around 1916 in Postjna (Adelsberg), Slovenia

Kaiser Karl I. in Vezzano, 17.1.1917 .

Mgr. Lavelle holding U.S. flag reviewing 69th Regiment, N.Y.

10/31/1959. Commemorative event for the tercentenary of the Peace of the Pyrenees.

Madrid, 11/05/1982. The Minister of Defense, Mr. Alberto Oliart, placing on the coffin the Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit, awarded posthumously to General Lago Román.

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