Military cemetery of Gravelotte, created by the Germans in 1973 to host the bodies of 7000 soldiers who died in August 1870.
Military cemetery of Gravelotte, created by the Germans in 1973 to host the bodies of 7000 soldiers who died in August 1870.
Military cemetery of Gravelotte, created by the Germans in 1973 to host the bodies of 7000 soldiers who died in August 1870.
Military cemetery of Gravelotte, created by the Germans in 1973 to host the bodies of 7000 soldiers who died in August 1870.
Wilhelm I, king of Prussia.
Napoleon III, emperor of France.
Armor from the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. Prussia was victorious and annexed Alsace and part of Lorraine as a result. Those areas were attributed back to…
Battle of Gravelotte, 4 August 1870.
German uniforms.
French uniforms.
Uniform of French general Decaen, killed during the war due to a severe (left) leg injury.
Uniform of the French Hundred-guards, a squad created in 1854 to personally protect emperor Napoleon III.
Reffye cannon (France), could fire 25 rounds simultaneously.
Reffye cannon (France), could fire 25 rounds simultaneously.
Reffye cannon (France), could fire 25 rounds simultaneously.
Reffye cannon (France), could fire 25 rounds simultaneously. Reffye cannon (France), could fire 25 rounds simultaneously.
The death of Major von Hadeln on 18 August 1870.
The battle of Mars-la-Tour-Vionville.
Siege artillery: French shell.
Model for Alsace and Lorraine by Bartholdi (the designer of the statue of Liberty and the Lion of Belfort ).
