Barbarossa bids farewell as he leaves on his crusade, 1189, (1936). Barbarossas Abschied Vor Seiner Kreuzfahrt, 1189'. Frederick I Barbarossa (1123-1190), Holy Roman Emperor, embarked on the Third Crusade (1189-1192) to reconquer the Holy Land after the capture of Jerusalem by Saladin. Barbarossa never got to Jerusalem - he drowned in the Saleph river near Silifke Castle (present-day southern Turkey). From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]
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