Military History Collection (#6)

Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia is killed at Saalfield Oct.10 1806
3030422 Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia is killed at Saalfield Oct.10 1806; Private Collection; (add.info.: Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia is killed at Saalfield Oct.10 1806)

The British vex Napoleon
3030200 The British vex Napoleon; Private Collection; (add.info.: Napoleonic Wars, The British vex Napoleon); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

Elite Gendarmerie French Police of the Imperial Guard
3031119 Elite Gendarmerie French Police of the Imperial Guard; Private Collection; (add.info.: Napoleonic Wars, French Army)

French Colonial Army, Algerian Trailleurs in full dress circa 1880
3031098 French Colonial Army, Algerian Trailleurs in full dress circa 1880; Private Collection; (add.info.: French Colonial Army)

Napoleon I meeting with the Pope
3031082 Napoleon I meeting with the Pope; Private Collection; (add.info.: Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon I meeting with the Pope); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

Napoleon at the Niemen River Crossing 1812 -Russian Campaign
3031078 Napoleon at the Niemen River Crossing 1812 -Russian Campaign; Private Collection; (add.info.: Napoleon at the Niemen River Crossing 1812 -Russian Campaign); © Don Troiani

Blucher's Cavalry attack at Hanau May 26th 1813
3031074 Blucher's Cavalry attack at Hanau May 26th 1813; Private Collection; (add.info.: Blucher's Cavalry attack at Hanau May 26th 1813); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

Furst Metternich Meets Napoleon in Dresden June 26th 1813
3031072 Furst Metternich Meets Napoleon in Dresden June 26th 1813; Private Collection; (add.info.: Furst Metternich Meets Napoleon in Dresden June 26th 1813); © Don Troiani

John Bull exchanging news with the Continent
3030520 John Bull exchanging news with the Continent; Private Collection; (add.info.: Napoleonic Wars, John Bull exchanging news with the Continent); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

Prinz Carl of Medenburg at the Battle of Goldbach
3030468 Prinz Carl of Medenburg at the Battle of Goldbach; Private Collection; (add.info.: Prinz Carl of Medenburg at the Battle of Goldbach); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

Young Napoleon in the Alps
3030461 Young Napoleon in the Alps; Private Collection; (add.info.: Young Napoleon in the Alps); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

Battle of Hanau, the charge of the French Horse Grenadiers
3030236 Battle of Hanau, the charge of the French Horse Grenadiers; Private Collection; (add.info.: Battle of Hanau, the charge of the French Horse Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard)

General Kleist is surprised by sudden breakthrough of French cavalry
3030388 General Kleist is surprised by sudden breakthrough of French cavalry; Private Collection; (add.info.: General Kleist is surprised by sudden breakthrough of French cavalry)

Napoleon as a military cadet in 1783
3030358 Napoleon as a military cadet in 1783; Private Collection; (add.info.: French Revolution, French Army, Napoleon as a military cadet in 1783 by Nicholas Toussaint Charlet 1792-1845)

Captain, Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard
3030213 Captain, Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard; Private Collection; (add.info.: Napoleonic Wars, French Army, Captain, Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard by Nicholas Toussaint Charlet 1792-1845)

French Eagle of the 60th Regiment of the Line
3030345 French Eagle of the 60th Regiment of the Line; Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Napoleonic Wars)

Sino-French War 1884-1885, French Artillery in Tonkin, by Detaille
3030167 Sino-French War 1884-1885, French Artillery in Tonkin, by Detaille; Private Collection; (add.info.: Sino-French War 1884-1885, French Artillery in Tonkin)

Cavalry Battle at Liebertwolkwitz October 14th 1813
3030161 Cavalry Battle at Liebertwolkwitz October 14th 1813; Private Collection; (add.info.: Cavalry Battle at Liebertwolkwitz October 14th 1813); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

French Napoleonic Shako Plate, Grenadiers 2nd Regiment of the Line
3030027 French Napoleonic Shako Plate, Grenadiers 2nd Regiment of the Line; Private Collection; © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

French Napoleonic Infantry Shako Model of 1810
3029965 French Napoleonic Infantry Shako Model of 1810; Private Collection; (add.info.: French Napoleonic Infantry Shako Model of 1810 for a Grenadier of the 24th Regiment of the Line)

French Napoleonic Shako Plate, of the 153rd Regiment of the Line
3029963 French Napoleonic Shako Plate, of the 153rd Regiment of the Line; Private Collection; © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

Officer's Shako of the 9th Regiment of the Line
3029958 Officer's Shako of the 9th Regiment of the Line.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Napoleonic Wars, Officer's Shako of the 9th Regiment of the Line.); © Don Troiani

Grenadier of the Imperial Guard 1815-Waterloo
3029933 Grenadier of the Imperial Guard 1815-Waterloo; Private Collection; (add.info.: Napoleonic Wars, French Army, Grenadier of the Imperial Guard 1815-Waterloo)

Drum Major Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard
3029931 Drum Major Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard; Private Collection; (add.info.: Napoleonic Wars, French Army, Drum Major Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard); © Don Troiani

France, Mid-18th Century Cap Plate For Mounted Grenadiers
3029927 France, Mid-18th Century Cap Plate For Mounted Grenadiers; Musee de l'Emperi, Salon-de-Provence, France; (add.info.: France)

Lord Kitchener in Sudan, 1896 - British General Kitchener leading Egyptian troops toward Dongola, Sudan, 1896
NWI4714172 Lord Kitchener in Sudan, 1896 - British General Kitchener leading Egyptian troops toward Dongola, Sudan, 1896.; (add.info.: Lord Kitchener in Sudan)

US naval bombardment of Matanzas, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War, 1898
NWI4712495 US naval bombardment of Matanzas, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War, 1898.; (add.info.: US naval bombardment of Matanzas, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War)

Battle of Heliopolis, March 30, 1800
3031002 Battle of Heliopolis, March 30, 1800; Private Collection; (add.info.: Battle of Heliopolis, March 30, 1800); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

Prussians attack the French right at Waterloo June 18th 1815
3030238 Prussians attack the French right at Waterloo June 18th 1815; Private Collection; (add.info.: Prussians attack the French right at Waterloo June 18th 1815); © Don Troiani

British political cartoon satire of Napoleon Bonaparte
3031045 British political cartoon satire of Napoleon Bonaparte; Private Collection; (add.info.: British political cartoon satire of Napoleon Bonaparte); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

Napoleon at the Battle of Ligny, 1815
3030309 Napoleon at the Battle of Ligny, 1815; Private Collection; (add.info.: Napoleon at the Battle of Ligny during the Waterloo campaign, 1815); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon Withdraws From Leipzig October 19th 1813
3030391 Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon Withdraws From Leipzig October 19th 1813; Private Collection; (add.info.: Napoleon Withdraws from the battlefield at Leipzig October 19th 1813); © Don Troiani

A young Napoleon waves the flag on the Bridge at Arcole
3030223 A young Napoleon waves the flag on the Bridge at Arcole; Private Collection; (add.info.: A young Napoleon waves the flag on the Bridge at Arcole); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

French 19th Chasseurs about 1804, by Edouard Detaille (1848-1912)
3031063 French 19th Chasseurs about 1804, by Edouard Detaille (1848-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Napoleonic Wars, French 4th Hussars about 1805)

French Revolutionary troops looting in the Var
3030212 French Revolutionary troops looting in the Var; Private Collection; (add.info.: French Revolutionary troops looting in the Var); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

The Queen of Prussia greets her troops near the Jena battlefield 1806
3030421 The Queen of Prussia greets her troops near the Jena battlefield 1806; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Queen of Prussia greets her troops near the Jena battlefield 1806 by Knotel)

French 4th Hussars about 1805, by Edouard Detaille (1848-1912)
3030515 French 4th Hussars about 1805, by Edouard Detaille (1848-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Napoleonic Wars, French 4th Hussars about 1805)

The siege of Barbastro, 1064. From Fleurs des chroniques by Bernardus Guidonis, after 1384. Creator: Anonymous
The siege of Barbastro, 1064. From Fleurs des chroniques by Bernardus Guidonis, after 1384. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque municipale, Besancon

The Siege of Antioch. Miniature from the "Historia" by William of Tyre, c. 1280. Creator: Anonymous
The Siege of Antioch. Miniature from the "Historia" by William of Tyre, c. 1280. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque municipale de Lyon

The Siege of Nicaea in 1097 (From "Li rommans de Godefroy de Buillon et de Salehadin"), 1337. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Soldier Armed with Broadsword and Shield, 1587. Creator: Gheyn, Jacques (Jacob) de, the Younger (1565-1629)
Soldier Armed with Broadsword and Shield, 1587. Private Collection

Musketeer, 1587. Creator: Gheyn, Jacques (Jacob) de, the Younger (1565-1629)
Musketeer, 1587. Private Collection

Study of two mortars able to throw explosive bombs, 1478-1518. Creator: Leonardo da Vinci
Study of two mortars able to throw explosive bombs, 1478-1518. Found in the Collection of Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana

Queen Elizabeth I knighting Sir Francis Drake (1859 engraving)
Sir Francis Drake being knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1581. An engraving from The Heroes of England: Stories of the Lives of Englands Warriors by Land and Sea edited by John G

Battle of Blenheim (Hoechstedt) - map drawn in 1880
Map of the Battle of Blenheim (Hoechstedt) which took place on 13 August 1704, during the War of the Spanish Succession. The English commander was John Churchill

Battering rams used in a medieval siege
Army besieging a medieval fortified town using battering rams. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Helmet found at Bosworth Field, and flexible cuirass of metal laminae on leather said to have belonged to King Henry
5324058 Helmet found at Bosworth Field, and flexible cuirass of metal laminae on leather said to have belonged to King Henry VIII, illustration from Military Antiquities

Helmets from the great seals of kings and barons, illustration from Military Antiquities respecting a History of
5324038 Helmets from the great seals of kings and barons, illustration from Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army by Francis Grose, 1812 (engraving) by English School

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"Military History: A Tapestry of Triumphs and Tragedies" From the blood-soaked fields of Edgehill, where Oliver Cromwell etched his name in history during the English Civil War, to William of Orange's resounding victory at the Battle of the Boyne in 1668, it has been a captivating saga. In Elizabeth Southerden Thompson's masterpiece "Scotland Forever, " oil on canvas from 1881, she immortalized the unwavering spirit and bravery that coursed through Scottish veins. The British army advancing with determination at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 stands as a testament to their indomitable resolve. The Battle of Agincourt looms large as an emblematic clash between England and France in 1415. It was here that King Henry V defied all odds against a formidable French force, forever etching his name into legend. Across the Atlantic Ocean, amidst America's own turmoil, echoes still resonate from the Battle of Bull Run during the US Civil War. The Zulu shield represents Africa's rich military heritage and its warriors' unyielding courage. The Pine Tree flag fluttered proudly during America's Revolution—a symbol of unity and defiance against tyranny. Meanwhile, artwork depicting a Colt 45 hand-gun reminds us how technology shaped warfare throughout history. Amidst chaos and destruction, music provided solace; a civil war musician strumming his banjo offered respite for weary souls caught up in conflict’s relentless grip. And who can forget Spain’s ill-fated Spanish Armada? In 1588 they set sail with grand ambitions only to be thwarted by England’s naval prowess—an event that would shape Europe for centuries to come. Military history weaves together tales both triumphant and tragic—each chapter revealing humanity’s capacity for valor or folly. From ancient battles fought with swords to modern conflicts waged with advanced weaponry—the stories are as diverse as the warriors who fought them.