The Great Elector crossing the Curonian Lagoon, January 1679, (1936). Creator: Unknown.

The Great Elector crossing the Curonian Lagoon, January 1679, (1936). Creator: Unknown.

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The Great Elector crossing the Curonian Lagoon, January 1679, (1936). 'Übergang Des Grossen Kurfürsten Über Das Kurische Haff, Januar 1679'. In the Great Sleigh Drive, German nobleman Frederick William (1620-1688), Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, commandeered thousands of sleighs to transport his army across heavy snow and frozen lakes and cut off the Swedish army's escape route. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]

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