Russian Preobrazhensky Army Regiment Uniforms 1900 Trade Ad Card

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Russian Preobrazhensky Army Regiment Uniforms 1900 Trade Ad Card
NOTE:
THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS - THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
THEY ARE SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
AND
THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
THE ACTUAL CARD SIZE IS APPROXIMATELY 2 7/8 '' X 4 3/8 '' OR  7 cm. X 11 cm.
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 1900 TRADE ADVERTISING CARD
RUSSIAN PREOBRAZHENSKY LIFE GUARD REGIMENT UNIFORMS
THE UNIFORMS SHOWN ARE FOR:
1709 - 1750 - 1900
RUSSLAND: PREOBRASCHENSKY
NICE DETAIL
GREAT UNIFORM DETAIL from different eras!
WEAPONS
HORSES
A WONDERFUL CHROMOLITHOGRAPH.
THESE CARDS MAT AND FRAME VERY WELL!
THE WRITING ON THE BACK IS NOT GRAFFITI!
IT IS THE SIGNATURE OF THE OWNER OF
THE COMPANY AND APPEARED ON ALL OF THESE CARDS.
NOTE:
I HAVE MORE THAN ONE CARD FROM THIS SERIES ON
AND THE IMAGE OF THE BACK OF THE CARD MAY NOT BE
FROM THIS CARD - THE BACKS ARE ALL ALIKE.
THE COLORS ARE VERY BRIGHT AND VIBRANT.
IT WAS NEVER GLUED INTO AN ALBUM.
BUT IT WAS IN AN ALBUM WITH CORNER MOUNTS.
THERE MAY BE DEPRESSIONS IN THE CORNERS
WHERE THE ALBUM CORNER MOUNTS WERE.
VERY MILD AGE-TONING (PATINA).
THE CARD SIZE IS APPROX. 2 7/8 '' X 4 3/8 ''
NOTE:
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE
ACTUAL CARD SO YOU CAN SEE THE DETAIL.
THESE CARDS WOULD BE A GREAT ITEM IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN:
Militaria - Military History, Uniforms, Europe - European Wars, Battles, Weapons,
Gun, Army - Armies, Soldiers, Czar, Russia - Russian, USSR, Communist
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The history of the regiment begins in 1683 when young Tsar Peter I started to collect
his contemporaries for military games in the village of Preobrazhenskoje
(Transfiguration). Initially, there were but 50 boys - children of Russian aristocracy.
Since 1687 the unit is called Preobrazhensky Soldier regiment. In 1700 was officially
treated as Preobrazhensky Life Guard Regiment.
Since the official date of its raising (June 2, 1683) Regiment or its separate battalions
participated in military campaigns of Russia: 1695 - 1696 (against Ottoman Empire);
1700 - 1720 (against Sweden); 1722 (against Persia); 1737 - 1739 (against Ottoman Empire);
1742 (against Sweden); 1789 - 1790 (against Sweden); 1805 (against France);
1807 (against France); 1808 - 1809 (against Sweden); 1812 - 1814 (against France);
1828 (against Ottoman Empire); 1831 (in Poland); 1863 (in Poland);
1877 - 1878 (against Ottoman Empire); 1914 -1918 (WWI, Eastern Front).
Preobrazhensky Life Guard Regiment was officially disbanded in May 20, 1918;
separate units of the Regiment participated in Civil War (1918 - 1920)
FROM: members.fortunecity.se/mikaelxii/ww1/Russia/Arme/preob.html
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