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Sunday, I started separate "Period Photograph" threads involving Garde Ulan and Garde Infanterie subjects. Actually, these distinct branches of service become one in the person of Gustav Schrader. I can't tell you much about Schrader. He was attached to the First Eskadron of the Second Garde Ulanen Regiment as far back as 1894. His rank was Gefreiter, in 1897, when he was awarded the Wilhem I Centenary Medal (I have both his medal and framed Urkunde). Schrader's active service was apparently completed in 1901, when he received this post card from his old unit (addressed to him in care of a Margarine Factory in Hilter, Osnabrück).
Images of Gefreiter Schrader:
Close-up: again, orthochromatic film stock of the period was not sensitive to yellow. This is why the collar Litzen appears to be dark gray.
Schrader with, possibly, his father (left) and a sibling (right).
Some personal effects: the lid of a strong box.
And this I find particularly sad:
However, the story doesn't end here. Schrader was apparently still obligated to the military at the time he posed for this:
Though he doesn't look significantly older, for whatever reasons, he renewed his military service in the Garde Infanterie.
His is a history that will probably never be more complete than what you've just read.
Special thanks to George Anderson, from whom I purchased this collection.
Chas.
Images of Gefreiter Schrader:
Close-up: again, orthochromatic film stock of the period was not sensitive to yellow. This is why the collar Litzen appears to be dark gray.
Schrader with, possibly, his father (left) and a sibling (right).
Some personal effects: the lid of a strong box.
And this I find particularly sad:
However, the story doesn't end here. Schrader was apparently still obligated to the military at the time he posed for this:
Though he doesn't look significantly older, for whatever reasons, he renewed his military service in the Garde Infanterie.
His is a history that will probably never be more complete than what you've just read.
Special thanks to George Anderson, from whom I purchased this collection.
Chas.