Original Imperial German WWI Prussian Garde Soldier’s Bubble Frame Portrait - 16 x 22” Helmets except for 3 of the

except for 3 of the corrugated aluminum spacers

There is also a maker label for J

which would have been a perfect us given the large obsolete bore

it is today referred to as the 1st AIF to distinguish it from the Second Australian Imperial Force raised during World War II

still in 3rd Cyclist Brigade

Original Imperial German WWI Prussian Garde Soldier’s Bubble Frame Portrait - 16 x 22” Helmets except for 3 of theOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a lovely WWI Bubble Frame portrait of an Imperial German soldier of the Prussian Garde, as indicated by the lovely wappen on his Pickelhaube. The Gardes du Corps (Regiment der Gardes du Corps) was the personal bodyguard of the king of Prussia and, after 1871, of the German Emperor (in German, the Kaiser). The unit was founded in 1740 by Frederick the Great. Its first commander was Friedrich von Blumenthal,