2-715-136 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Prayer of the Old Dessauer before the Battle of Kesselsdorf, 15 December 1745, (1936). 'Gebet Des Alten Dessauers Vor Der Schlacht Bei Kesselsdorf, 15 Dezember 1745'. Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1676-1747), known as the 'Old Dessauer', led the Prussians in the battle fought near Dresden, (present-day Germany), against the combined forces of the Archduchy of Austria and the Electorate of Saxony. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]