2-715-235 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Storming of the Landau Gate at Weissenburg, 4 August 1870, (1936). 'Erstürmung Des Landauer Tores Zu Weissenburg, 4 August 1870'. The Battle of Wissembourg (or Weissenburg), the first of the Franco-Prussian War: three German army corps surprised the small French garrison at Wissembourg, which has at different periods in history been part of both France and Germany. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]