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Historical Military Inspections

Vintage military scenes depicting cavalry units, inspections, and equestrian skills with a focus on honor and tradition.

Benito Mussolini and General Armando Diaz saluting the National Militia, Christmas in Rome, April 21, 1923, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year L, No 17, April 29, 1923.

John Lund (foreground, center on horseback), on-set of the western film, "Battle At Apache Pass", Universal International, 1952

st, Maria-Theresien-Platz-Maria-Theresien-Themmal-Equestrian statements of the generals-Detailed view riding position Otto Ferdinand Graf Abensberg-Traun, Bruno Reiffenstein -, photographer

Quarters of the 2nd Uhlans Regiment of the Polish Legions in Czewl (I) Janowski, Stanisław (1866 1942)

The British Army in Pre-1914 Period Soldier of the Lothian and Border Horse Yeomanry. Photograph probably taken in Scotland.

Date: 1910-1915 - Douglas McKay as Aqueduct Police officer.

Second World War. For billeting. Soviet Union. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht with riding horse

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Major Russell RAMC on his horse, probably in the grounds of the 22 General Hospital, Pretoria.

Alfonso XIII (1886-1941), rey de España, saliendo de palacio montado a caballo para unas maniobras en Carabanchel. Agosto de 1901.

Húsar de Pavía montado a caballo. Guardia del Palacio Real en Madrid. Fotografía en blanco y negro. Año 1924.

Arango Arámbula, Doroteo "Pancho Villa" (1878-1923). General revolucionario mejicano al frente de sus tropas. Año 1916.

Prince of Monaco & Col. Cody

Trumpetists of the special voluntary land storm on horseback; The particular voluntary land storm on horseback, trumpet piers.

Difficulty in towing big Russian artillery pieces on the snow-buried roads in Eastern Prussia, World War I, photo by Topical, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 6, February 7, 1915.

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 British Army servicemen playing polo in off-duty time.

Allan Pinkerton on Horseback, Battle of Antietam, Antietam, Maryland, Alexander Gardner, October 1862

08/31/1936. Time for the cavalry to be embarked bound for Madrid.

Damdin Sukhbaatar (February 2, 1893 - February 20, 1923) was a Mongolian military leader in the 1921 revolution. He is remembered as one of the most important figures in Mongolia's struggle for independence.

Military group portrait with horses. Charles Parker, photographer (British, active 1860s) about 1864 Three male jockeys on their horses with two attendants dressed in traditional garments. Another person dressed in a military uniform stands next to a fourth horse. Visible in the background is a large building with tiled roof.

Mexico, 1915. General Emiliano Zapata, marked with an x in the photo, with his personal guard, in a town near the capital.

1936. Spanish Civil War, a cavalry unit.

Anefo photo collection. Capitulation: Soest. Returning weapons by the Germans. Weapons on the way to the armed part in Soest, where the Germans must hand in their weapons. May 10, 1945. Soest, Utrecht (province)

Portrait of a French military horse. Part of a French amateur photographer album with recordings of family, soldiers, industry, landscapes and sights in France.

Finnish Troops - General & Action Scenes Foreign Troops. January 09, 1940. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

Photograph of military personnel on horseback, captured by Ludwig David on albumin paper between 1890 and 1913, showing uniformed soldiers and horses.

Maj. General George H. Thomas. No. 5866, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Thomas, George H, (George Henry), 1816-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Troops of one of the British mounted regiments tending their horses.

Soldier of the Ertuğrul Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial Guard / Abdullah Frères, Phot, Constantinople

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

A tribal lunch at cavalry post at Tel-el-Meleiha, 20 miles North of Beersheba, Jan. 18, 1940. Mounted Bedouin horsemen on top of the Tel. 1940, Israel

Distribution of military rewards to the Brigade Bersaglieri, in the presence of the British military mission, Italy, World War I, from L' Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 4, January 28, 1917.

British Captain J. Lilley, Royal Regiment of Artillery, Full-Length Portrait Sitting on Horse, Crimean War, Crimea, Ukraine, by Roger Fenton, 1855

Cavalry in action , Cavalry, Horses, Horseback riding, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Photograph of King George V (1865-1936) and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941) during the funeral of King Edward VII (1841-1910). Dated 1910

Anefo photo collection. Visit Prince Bernhard on the Achterhoek, see 27889. 8 June 1948. Achterhoek, Gelderland

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 A Sergeant Major in the Lothian and Border Horse Yeomanry.

PIERRE-MARIE-PHILIPPE-ARISTIDE DENFERT-ROCHEREAU French soldier who heroically defended Belfort 1870, later manager of the Comptoir d'escompte, Paris. Date: 1823 - 1878

1. Royal Saxon Machine Gun Department No. 121. Kingl. Sächs. Machine Gun Department No. 12

12/31/1944. Hiro Hito, Emperor of Japan, Riding on Horseback through the Gardens of his Imperial Palace.

Warrenton, Virginia. Lieutenant Colonel A.V. Colburn (Aide-de-camp). Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Jewish colonies and settlements Commencing a Jewish settlement a camp Harvesting with reaper. 1920, Middle East

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reportage Dajeuhkolot (Bandoeng sector). Traffic jam. Cavalerists on horseback. 19 February 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The Prince of Wales at a meet of the Beaufort hunt in 1923. February 01, 1937.

Thuringian Hussar Regiment No. 12 - in MarschkolonneTorgau. Thür.-Hus.-Regim no. 12 - in march column

Watering the Florentine lancer's horses, Libya, Italian-Turkish war, photos Scavalli Veccia, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIX, No 2, January 14, 1912.

War album 55, Figure 15295.

Guerra civil española (1936-1939). Zona nacional. Voluntarios de la policía montada en las calles de Sevilla.

A.B.C. Weel

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Parade of the U-Brigade on the occasion of Queen's Day on August 31, 1946. Parade commander on horseback. August 31, 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Refugees in Kowel Russia, Volhynia; Photographer: War Measurement 4.

Front cover of The Tatler magazine featuring a photograph of a young woman in Rotten Row, the famous and fashionable riding thoroughfare in London's Hyde Park. Photographed in 1917, when women's role were changing due to the war, her riding breeches and general masculine dress is commented on with admiration by The Tatler, who asks, What WOULD Grandmama have said alluding to the conservative and prudish Victorians. Date: 1917

king George V of Great Britain greeted by well wishers during World war One. 1918

Turkey, 1896-1909. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Turkey

04/30/1938. Women Prepare to Replace the Men Who March in the Front in Field Tasks.

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt on Horseback, Rough Rider, Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, USA, Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1898

Water is transported by supporting to the Monte Sabotino.

Anefo photo collection. Arrest members in Spijkerboor. 26 February 1956

Captain Godley, 28th Regiment, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

General Sir Harry Chauvel.. led the advance.Melbourne Leader of the Anzac Day March, Sir Harry Chauvel, mounted on his changer. May 04, 1936.

War album 43, picture 11651.

The arrival of a messenger at the camp of Orozco

Petersburg, Virginia. Surg. Charles N. Hewitt, 50th New York Engineers. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Anefo photo collection. Agriculture: volunteers Noordoostpolder. Volunteers help farmers in the Noordoostpolder. July 1945. Noordoostpolder

France, 1812 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

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

12/31/1914. In the French department of the Somme. Generalissimo Joffre Reviewing a regiment of General Castelnau's army.

News photos of N.Y. National Guard units preparing for active duty on Mexican border, May-Nov. 1916: 2 soldiers eating outside tent at Van Cortlandt Park

The British Army on the Western Front 1914-1918 9th Lancers returning from the Front, Premont, Aisne.

Cossacks by Chichagov, Konstantin Nikolayevich (1849-1903) / Regional A. Deineka Art Gallery, Kursk / Realism / / Russia / Watercolour on cardboard / Genre / 17,8x24,8

Madrid, 01/04/1944. The leader, escorted by the Moorish Guard, passing through Cibeles. Photo: Manuel Sanz Bermejo.

Photograph of a peasant farmer in Italy during the Second World War. Dated 20th Century

Woman on horseback , Horseback riding, Horses, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Foresters at Work - Arizona. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

'On the Eastern Front; September 10: a reconnaissance of French cavalry watering their horses at Lake Ohrid', 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Troops of one of the British mounted regiments in the field.

Capt. P.F. Sise & Kath. Porter

. Two Wehrmacht soldiers, one a high soldier, standing on the beach at Hoek van Holland with a horse. (Left soldier is the same as at NG-2007-5-35 to 38) The soldier has a cap, wears glasses, and looks at the horse. The high soldier holds the reins. Rear stands: BK. Bettinger.

Italy. sicilia. un pastore. 1924.

1. Royal Saxon Machine Gun Department No. 121. Kingl. Sächs. Machine Gun Department No. 12

On patrolDresden. On patrol

Cavalry Trumpeter -- A British Cavalry Trumpeter, Stationed in Palestine, puts his bugle to his lips and blows a call. British Sources refer to the cavalrymen as "Mounties" of the east who ride into Hill Villages Inaccessible to Motor Traffic. May 12, 1940. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Vintage Photograph. Loading pack horses for a rugged wilderness expedition.

Australian Coronation ***** Ride In The RowMembers of the Australian Light Horse detachment to form part of the official mounted escort at the Coronation riding in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, London, to-day (Friday).Each horseman wears kanga feathers - distinctive khaki-coloured cockade curling over the broad -brimmed slouch hat, 'Kangaroo feathers' - introduced to Britain by Australia's Light Horse in World War I - actually come from the emu, the 6ft. flightless bird that stands opposite the kangaroo on the Australian coat of arms. May 8, 1953. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

The Half Breed. Original caption: "The Half Breed" by Frederic Remington - From the Library of Congress Copied by H. H. Ritter - May 1938.

United States: 1918. A photogravure by Roland Reed of Piegan Native Americans on horseback titled 'The Pass Finders'

A member of the Women's Land Army leads a horse from the stables on a farm during the First World War. A member of the Women's Land Army leads a horse out from the stables during the First World War.

Freake

Here we see British field artillery in World War I These troops were brought to a high point of efficiency through lessons learned in South African War.

German Horse Cavalry, German/Russian front, c1942. Artist: Unknown

Anefo photo collection. New Year's Eve in Akkrum. January 5, 1963. Akkrum

Military transport on the line between Nässjö - Falköping.

Laffrey (France), April 1933. Equestrian statue of Napoleon. In the image, the writer and journalist Marcos Rafael Blanco Belmonte.

K. and K. Machine Gun Department in Fire ResourceK. u. K. Machine Gun Department in Fire Resource

Greetings from Camp Lee, Va. Cavalry in action , Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Armed guard on railroad track, June 30 1920, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

The Camel - The departure for a long stage between the sun and sand.Free French soldiers. December 07, 1942.

1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

st, Maria-Theresien-Platz-Maria-Theresien-Themmal-Equestrian statements of the generals-Detailed view riding position Otto Ferdinand Graf Abensberg-Traun, Bruno Reiffenstein -, photographer

Anefo photo collection. Soldiers help with the harvest. July 18, 1947

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