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[GEORG DONATUS
(1906-1937, and
LUDWIG
(V), 1908-1968, the sons of Ernst Ludwig, 1868-1937, last reigning Grand Duke of Hesse & By Rhine, 1892-1918, by his second wife, 1905, Eleonore, 1871-1937, née Princess of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich)]
Fine unsigned Portrait Postcard Photograph, by Gustav Stiefel,
(successor to Thiele of Darmstadt), showing them full length, full face, in belted infantry officers' coats and caps, Ludwig grasping his sword hilt, neat letter on the verso via 'Field Post' to Trumpeter Eugen Stöpler of the 74th Foot Artillery, on anti-aircraft duty in Ebersweier, (keeping watch across the Rhine above Strassburg), with translation, the postcard sold for the benefit of the Hessian Red Cross Association and the Princess Alice Women's Union, (recalling the Grand Duke's mother, daughter of Queen Victoria), 5½" x 3½", postmarked Ortenberg, Hesse, 27th May
Item Date:
1915
Stock No:
54491
£85
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