2-715-209 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Men of the Lützow Free Corps with Körner's body, 26 August 1813, (1936). 'Die Lützower An Der Leiche Körners, 26 August 1813'. German poet and soldier Carl Theodor Körner (1791-1813) fought in the German uprising against Napoleon. Körner composed patriotic poetry to encourage his comrades, among these being the "Schwertlied" (Sword Song), written only a few hours before he was mortally wounded in battle, aged 21. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]