Author: Sammi Fahnestock

Pictured here is the back side of the 100-Mark bill issued in 1910 by the German National Bank. The seemingly blank space on the right contains the watermark.

Pictured here is a report card for a student in the first grade of a girls school in 1915. It is typical of the prewar and war period in Germany in that the large sections on the left evaluate the student’s behavior and personal traits. Young Kathy, whose report card this is, received a “very … Continue reading Report Card

Pictured here is a page of vignettes (stamps not used for postage) showing various scenes from the Suffragette Movement. The stamps were printed in Germany, likely before or during the war, but are printed in English. This may reflect the British influence on the Women's Rights Movement in Germany in the early 20th century, as … Continue reading Suffragettes

This is a set of trade cards issued by the Stollwerck Chocolate Company in 1897 titled “Great Rulers”. Pictured here are from left to right: Alexander the Great of Macedonia, Charlemagne of the Holy Roman Empire, Otto the Great of the Holy Roman Empire, Peter the Great of Russia, Frederick the Great of Prussia and … Continue reading Grosse Herrscher (Great Rulers)

This is a set of six cards issued by the Stollwerck Chocolate Company in 1898 titled “The Six Regents of the European Great Powers”. Pictured here are (from left to right): Emperor Franz Joseph I of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany, King Umberto I of Italy, Czar Nicolaus II of Russia, Queen … Continue reading Regenten der Europäischen Grossmächte (The Six Regents of the European Great Powers)

This portrait series of the Emperor and Empress of Germany is part of a trade card album titled “Aus grosser Zeit” (From Times of Greatness), issued in 1913 by the Stollwerck Chocolate Company. The album celebrated both the 100th anniversary of the German uprising against Napoleon at the Battle of Leipzig and the 25th year … Continue reading Zum Regierungs-Jubiläum (For The Anniversary of the Government)

Calling together the staff officers of the XII Saxon Army Corps.

Injured German soldiers leave the battlefield through the war-ravaged countryside.

The First Prussian Curaissier Regiment at Poupry (Orleans) on December 2, 1870.