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Military Portraits Through History

Formal portraits of military leaders in historical uniforms, capturing the essence of their service eras and ranks.

Historical photograph of Johann Baptist Ritter von Stephan, 1808-1875, General of the Royal Bavarian Army and commander of the 1st Royal Bavarian Infantry Division, Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War 1870-1871, between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia

Count Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold August von Werder, September 12, 1808 - September 12, 1887, Prussian General of the Infantry / Graf Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold August von Werder, 12. September 1808 - 12. September 1887, preußischer General der Infanterie, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

General Michel-Joseph Maunoury (1847-1923) French artillery officer. Recalled from retirement in August 1914 at the beginning of the First World War. Maunoury in July 1915. In March he had been badly wounded and shot through they eye, ending his active career.

Station inspector Johan Arthur von Zweigbergk.

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Field Marshal Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, 1784 - 1877, Prussian field marshal, historical woodcut, circa 1880

Major General Sir Edward Yewd Brabant, born in 1839. South African colonial commander. From the book South Africa and the Transvaal was published by Louis Creswicke, 1900.

Vice Admiral Saburo Hyakutake, Imperial Japanese Navy during the first world war 1918

Mikhail Vasilevich Alexeiev (1857-1918) Russian soldier. Chief of the Russian Imperial General Staff 1915. Organised anti-Bolshevik volunteer army after 1917 Revolution. Chromolithograph.

Oscar T. Taylor in uniform, U.S.W.V. 1/PA

British officials his Excellency general sir Robert A Cassels G.C.B. C.S.I. D.S.O. commander-in-chief of the army Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

General Marie (or Maurice) Gustave Gamelin (1872-1958), supreme head of the French fighting forces at the beginning of World War Two. Served with distinction in World War One, but his command of forces in the critical days of May 1940 proved to be disastrous. Date: 1939

Major General Sir Henry Evelyn Wood, VC, KCB, British soldier, 1883.Artist: Lock & Whitfield

Adm. Takeshita

Frederick Sleigh Roberts (1832-1914) English soldier. Field Marshal 1895.

Gen. T.H. Kelley

Soviet Russian world War Two postcard commemorating the 24th anniversary of the Red Army

Jean-Jacques-Alexis Uhrich, 15 February 1802 - 9 October 1886, was a French officer and general and governor of Strasbourg, France, German-French campaign of 1870 / Jean-Jacques-Alexis Uhrich, 15. Februar 1802 - 9. Oktober 1886, war ein französischer Offizier und General und Gouverneur von Straßburg, Frankreich, im deutsch-französischen Feldzug von 1870, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt, Kolorierung, koloriert, handkoloriert, Hand-colouring, hand coloured, colored.

Lieut.-Colonel W. N. Campbell C.S.O. who was, before the war on the staff of The Tatler, but like all the other officers in the reserve, rejoined and was posted to Mesopotamia where he did duty as a A.A.G. He was twice mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. Date: 1917

Accused German Doctors and Scientists -- Siegfried Handloser, one of the accused men.Twenty three German Doctors and Scientists are now standing trial in the famous dock at Nuremberg for to turning and murdering concentration camp inmates by means of inhuman experiments. Ghastly stories are being told in court of the murders and atrocities they are alleged to have committed. Some of them are famous throughout Europe for their medical or scientific accomplishments. All have pleaded "Not Gullty". February 1, 1947.

Marshal of the Soviet Union, hero of the Soviet Union, during the war was in command of the Leningrad front. October 20, 1950. (Photo by Pictorial Press)

Alexander Kolchak (1874 - 7 February 1920), Russian admiral, military leader and polar explorer. During the Russian Civil War of 1917-1922 he established an anti-communist government in Siberia--later the Provisional All-Russian Government--and became recognised as the "Supreme Leader and Commander-in-Chief of All Russian Land and Sea Forces" by the other leaders of the White movement from 1918 to 1920

Portrait of General Conrad von HOTZENDORF, 1852-1925 Austrian who devised the punitive expedition against Italy in the 1914-18 war

Sir Julian Hedworth George Byng, British First World War general, (1926). Artist: Unknown

The Aceh War, also known as the Dutch War or the Infidel War (1873-1914), was an armed military conflict between the Sultanate of Aceh and the Netherlands which was triggered by discussions between representatives of Aceh and the United Kingdom in Singapore during early 1873. The war was part of a series of conflicts in the late 19th century that consolidated Dutch rule over modern-day Indonesia.

'Feldmarschall Wrangel 1784-1877. - Gemälde von Fr. Krüger', 1934. Artist: Unknown.

Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Commander in Chief of the forces in South Africa, 1902.Artist: Lafayette

Stepan Osipovich Makarov or Makharoff (1849-1904) In charge of Russian Pacific fleet at beginning of Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Drowned when his flagship 'Petropavlosk' sank after hitting a mine .

Photography.Photography in glass and frame, brown, with gilded inner edge, as well as polished.Displays Admiral N. Sundström in uniform.Tagged with the amiral signature: Nils Sundström.neg.nr 4830.

Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer (1857-1932), general británico. Grabado de 1923. Author: Lucien Hector Jonas.

portrait of Captain General Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau, 1838-1930, Castle of San Carlos, seventeenth century, Palma, Mallorca, Spain.

Winfield Scott Schley (1839-1911), Rear Admiral in U.S. Navy, hero of the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during Spanish American War, Portrait, 1898

Military Persons in the Franco-Prussian War 1870, 1871, Prince Leopold Maximilian Joseph Maria Arnulf, Prince of Bavaria, 9 February 1846, 28 September 1930, was a Field Marshal, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Prince Bismark, Famous Americans

Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat (June 16, 1908 - December 8, 1963) was a Thai career soldier who staged a coup in 1957, thereafter serving as Thailand's Prime Minister until his death in 1963. He was born in Bangkok, but grew up in his mother's home town in Lao-speaking northeastern Thailand and considered himself a northeasterner. During his years as Prime Minister Sarit was a patron of the Lao strongman General Phoumi Nosavan against the communist Pathet Lao guerrillas in the neighboring Kingdom of Laos. Sarit's regime was the most repressive and authoritarian in modern Thai history, abrogating the constitution, dissolving parliament, and vesting all power in his newly-formed Revolutionary Party. Sarit banned all other political parties, imposing very strict censorship of the press after the coup. After Sarit's death, his reputation took a heavy blow when Sarit was discovered to have owned a trust company, a brewery, 51 cars, and some 30 plots of land, most of which he gave to the dozen

Wilhelm I, king of Prussia, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, German Emperor Wilhelm I, king of Prussia, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Europe

A photograph of Gottlob Berger. Gottlob Christian Berger (1896-1975) a senior German Nazi official who held the rank of SS-Obergruppenfuhrer und General der Waffen-SS.

Heinrich himmler

Promotion To Field-Marshall -- Latest Study of General Sir Cyril Deverell G.C.B., K.B.E., Colonel, The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) Aide de Camp General to the King Chief of the Imperial General Staff, who has been promoted to the rank of Field Marshal, in succession to the late Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby.Sir Cyril, who was born in 1874, is an Infantry officer, having joined the west Yorkshire Regiment in 1895 and been adjutant of the 1st Battalion. August 03, 1936.

Gunther Adolf Ferdinand von Kluge (30 October 1882 - 19 August 1944), also known as Hans Gunther von Kluge, was a German field marshal during World War II who held commands on both the Eastern and Western Fronts. He commanded the 4th Army of the Wehrmacht during the invasion of Poland in 1939 and the Battle of France in 1940. His command on the Eastern Front lasted until October 1943 when Kluge was badly injured in a car accident. Although Kluge was not an active conspirator in the 20 July plot, in the aftermath of the failed coup he committed suicide on 19 August 1944.

12/31/1934. General Sanjurjo who has passed the direction of the Civil Guard to the Carabineros.

American Defence Chiefs: General Omar Bradley, Chairman of joint Chiefs of Staff of USA. March 06, 1951. (Photo by Karsh, Camera Press)

Col. J. G. Butler, Commanding Officer, Watertown Arsenal, 1900-1904 , Military officers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Also referred to as Prince Abhakorn of Chumphon, or the Prince of Chumphon, Kromluang Chumphon Khet Udomsak was a son of King Chulalongkorn, Rama V. He was educated at the Naval Academy in the United Kingdom and served as Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy. His statue has been erected in several coastal provinces and is highly revered by the people of Thailand, especially by mariners. Admiral Prince Krom Luang Chumporn Khet Udomsak was the first member of the Thai royal family to graduate in naval education (1919). He was the commanding officer of HTMS Phra Ruang that sailed from Britain to Bangkok. This was the first time a Thai navy officer had ever commanded a royal gunship in a voyage between continents.

A scion of the Chao Chet Ton Dynasty that ruled Chiang Mai and the former Lan Na Kingdom as a tributary of the Siamese Chakri Dynasty in Bangkok from 1775 to 1939.

Photograph of Admiral Luis Pascual de Pobil y Chicheri, Head of the Mahon Naval Base. Dated 1936

General John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886-1946), commander in chief of the British Expeditionary Force in France in 1939 and 1940. He went on to hold various positions during the remainder of World War Two. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for actions in 1918 during the First World War. Date: 1939

Johann Nepomuk Kral -, military bandmaster, Unknown, photographer

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, ca. 1920s, wearing a Persian lamb toque hat and military uniform. (BSLOC_2020_2_176)

Trentirent: General Major Knight of Schilhavsky, Commander of VI. Division ...

Joaquin Vara de Rey y Rubio, brigadier general, 1840-1898, Castle of San Carlos, seventeenth century, Palma, Mallorca, Spain, Europe

Motoo Furushō (14 September 1882 - 21 July 1940) was a lieutenant general of the Imperial Japanese Army and commander of the Japanese 21st Army in 1938 during the Canton Operation. Promoted to lieutenant general in 1933, Furushō took command of the IJA 11th Division in 1934. He subsequently served as Vice Minister of War from 1935-1936. With the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, Furushō went to China as commander of the Japanese Fifth Army. In 1938, he became commander of the Japanese 21st Army. He returned to Japan in 1938, was promoted to full general and served as a member of the Supreme War Council until his death in 1940

Field Marshal Svetozar Boroevic by Bojna, General of Infantry, Commander of the 5th Army, frontal recording of the facial shot in spring 1916 in Postojna (Adelsberg) Slovenia

SANJURJO , JOSE. MILITAR ESPAÑOL . PAMPLONA 1872 - 1936. LITOGRAFIA.

A portrait of Captain H. Vernon Olver, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, a prisoner of war at Oflag IVc, Colditz. It is one of several portraits sketched by Lieut. J. F. Watton providing an interesting insight into the lives of British prisoners of war in a German camp. Watton himself was captured near the Somme in June 1940. 1942

'Henryk Sienkiewicz; mort a Vevey (suisse), le 16 Novembre', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916". (Henryk Sienkiewicz; died in Vevey (Switzerland), November 16)

Defeat of the counter-revolution in the South-West. U.D. S.V.Kosior

propaganda poster showing General Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (1878 - 1928); During the later stages of the Russian Civil War, he was commanding general of the anti-Bolshevik White Army in Southern Russia. 1919

The Hundred Days Offensive, August-november 1918

Sir General Arthur William Currie. oil on canvas. Date: 1920. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Photograph of Admiral Osami NaganoAdmiral Osami Nagano, Chief of the Naval General Staff.

War album 107, picture 32735.

Joseph Monasterio Ituarte (1882 - 1952) Spanish official military who fought in Morocco and nationalist side during the Spanish Civil War. He reached the rank of general.

An Officer, Rembrandt's Workshop, 1631.

The Allies in the First World War, British Empire, Navy, Thomas Ford from London, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

The Second Opium War, 1856-1860 Prince Gong of the Qing dynasty, a half brother of the Xianfeng Emperor.

Radomir Putnik Chief of the Serbian Army during the Balkan Wars and World War One

Portrait of Japanese General Yasukata Oku, one of the great victors in the war. First Sino-Japanese war, 19th century.

Cartel en recuerdo de Ferrer y Guardia. Año 1938. Zona Republicana. Guerra civil 1936-1939.

The Aceh War, also known as the Dutch War or the Infidel War (1873-1914), was an armed military conflict between the Sultanate of Aceh and the Netherlands which was triggered by discussions between representatives of Aceh and the United Kingdom in Singapore during early 1873. The war was part of a series of conflicts in the late 19th century that consolidated Dutch rule over modern-day Indonesia. Panglima Polim was an Acehnese commander who fought against the Dutch from the time of the First Aceh Expedition (1873) to 1903, when he surrenderd to Captain Hendricus Colijn at Lhokseumawe, together with 150 of his men. He was given the post of Raja of Sigli by the Dutch. In 1928, Panglima Polim received the cross of Nassau-Oranje Orde.

Liu was a holder of the senior licentiate degree in the imperial examination system. He entered the Hunan army in 1855, and worked under Li Hongzhang during the suppression of the Taiping Rebellion. In recognition of his services, he was created a baron and awarded the position of governor of Jiangxi, a role in which he served from 1865 to 1874. In 1875, he was given the position of Viceroy of Liangjiang, but was almost immediately transferred to the post of Viceroy of Liangguang, where he remained for the next four years. He was then returned to the former post, where he served until 1881. In addition to his regular duties in this post, he was asked in 1880 to advise the emperor on Chinese diplomatic policy toward Russia and Japan. After the French invasion of Vietnam, he also advised the emperor on that matter. Liu spent the next several years in retirement, but was recalled to the same post in 1890. He contained several anti-missionary movements for the next four years, until he was

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