Description
This is a postcard of the “Iron Chancellor” Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898). Bismarck was the Chancellor under three Kaisers. Politically, he was a key ingredient in the growth (and power) of first Prussia as a kingdom, then Germany as a nation. In this photograph he appears in a Küraßier’s uniform and schirmütze. While not formally a military man, he did have involvement. He was a general in the Prussian Army and was considered an à la suite officer. The pose is dated about 1890. The postcard was mailed in 1915. The postcard was produced during WW I to benefit the German Red Cross. Even fifteen plus years after his death von Bismarck remained a German hero. This still proved true during WW II, when the battleship “Bismarck” was named after him.
