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Historical Military Portraits

Vintage portraits featuring military personnel in various uniforms, highlighting their rank and attire, with a somber and formal mood.

Sir David Beatty, who commanded the British battle cruiser squadron at the Battle of Jutland, considered the only major naval battle of World War I and the largest. Between the British and the Germans, it changed the course of the war. the Battle of Jutland confirmed British naval dominance and secured its control of shipping lanes, The engagement allowed Britain to implement the blockade that would contribute to Germanys eventual defeat in 1918.

Adm. Sir Geo. Warrenden i.e., Warrender

Almirante Mateo Garcia de los Reyes was a military, marine and Spanish politician, leader and organizer of the first Spanish Underwater Weapon born February 6, 1872 in Montevideo (Uruguay), where his father was stationed as commander of the Spanish frigate 'Almansa' , and executed on November 24, 1936 in Paracuellos del Jarama (Madrid).

Rear Admiral Horace Hood

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Oval photo portrait of a man with glasses and mustache dressed in old colonial uniform. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Chaplain William W. Brander, 8th Cavalry ca. between 1909 and 1920.

Lt. Col. Gill. Photograph.

French Foreign Legion, soldier, in Algeria, 1910

Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859-1935) - British Royal Navy - WWI. Commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland. "Hats off to the Flag we all love and adore, And give it a mighty great cheer. For with gallant Commanders like this to the fore - Old England has nothing to fear". circa 1915

The Allies in the First World War, Russia, Infantry Sergeant Major Basil Totmianine from Perm, Siberia, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, Europe

. 1/5 Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) Rfmn Butcher was reported wounded and missing on 1 July 1916 at the start of the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Faces of the First World War Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at www.1914.org/faces. This image is from IWM Collections.

Colonel Otis B. Duncan.. Illustrations. 1925. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. African Americans , Chicago (Ill.), Military officers

Richard Conyngham Corfield (1882-1913),British colonial and leader of the Camel Constabulary, died in action in Somalia fighting the dervishes.

A questionable stamp showing a portrait of the Polishness; 1914-OK. 1921 (1914-00-00-1921-00-00);

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Guinea axis leading papuas: Marcus Kasiepo. 1950. Guinea

Buffalo soldier. 2nd Lt. Frank R. Stewart, 8th US Volunteer Infantry, standing in front of tent, during the Spanish-American War. ca. 1898

Chen Liang (1903-1927), from Yongjia County, Zhejiang Province, a student at The Great China University, gave speeches on the streets during the Second Armed Uprising and was captured and sacrificed with Chen Jun. The Second Armed Uprising was one of the three uprisings of Shanghai workers instigated by the Chinese Communist Party to cooperate with the Northern Expedition and overthrow the warlord government. Chen Jun was another participant in the uprising.

Breast image of schout-at-night k.w.f.m. Doorman in the garden of the Royal Institute for the Marine in Den Helder. -

E. Swinton. December 22, 1945.

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