2-715-237 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm with the body of General Douay, 4 August 1870, (1936). 'Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm An Der Leiche Des Generals Douay, 4 August 1870'. Friedrich Wilhelm (1831-1888, future German Emperor and King of Prussia Frederick III) pays his respects to French general Abel Douay (1809-1870) who was hit by an artillery explosion at the Battle of Wissembourg, on the first day of the Franco-Prussian War. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]