back to overview
 
178 photos
The assassination of Fieldmarshal Albrecht Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland, on February 25,1634 in the Pachelbel House at Eger, Bohemia.
#26010332

The assassination of Fieldmarshal Albrecht Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland, on Fe...

Troops mass outside the Vienna Imperial Palace, shouting for "Nandl", Emperor Ferdinand II, to appear. The scene marked the beginning of the Thirty Years War in 1618.
#26010334

Troops mass outside the Vienna Imperial Palace, shouting for "Nandl", Em...

Memorabilia of Gideon Ernst von Laudon (1717-1790), Austrian Fieldmarshal who distinguished himself in the Seven-Year War against Friedrich II of Prussia. Laudon's three-cornered hat, medals, his sabre and sash and popular books written about him.
#26010346

Memorabilia of Gideon Ernst von Laudon (1717-1790), Austrian Fieldmarshal wh...

Archduke Karl's victory over Napoleon I at Aspern near Vienna, May 21/22, 1809. In the foreground a model of the "Lion of Aspern", the monument commemorating the battle, and an Austrian and a French flag.
#26010350

Archduke Karl's victory over Napoleon I at Aspern near Vienna, May 21/22, 1809....

"Niemals Zurueck!" Two Austrian officers, Julius von Payer(1852-1915) and Karl Weyprecht (1838-1881), discovered and named Franz Joseph Land in the Arctic in 1873/1874.
#26010361

"Niemals Zurueck!" Two Austrian officers, Julius von Payer(1852-1915) and Kar...

Meal in honour of the Peace of Muenster and Osnabrueck, which put an end to the Thirty Years' War; held in the large Council hall in Nuernberg, Germany, on September 15 1649.Foreground right: Ottavio Piccolomini Imperial general and chief negotiator.
#26010432

Meal in honour of the Peace of Muenster and Osnabrueck, which put an end to the...

The Imperial Army's campaign against the Turks, 1664: An Imperial flag, a book on the Art of Warfare and the Turkish Campaign by the Commander of the Imperial troops Count Raimund Montecuccoli, a battle plan and Montecuccoli's Fieldmarshal's baton.
#26010433

The Imperial Army's campaign against the Turks, 1664: An Imperial flag, a book...

"Artilleriebesteck" - gunnery instruments for measuring and calculating - which belonged to Emperor Karl VI (1685-1740). The instruments lie on a military drawing made by Karl when still an Archduke.
#26010434

"Artilleriebesteck" - gunnery instruments for measuring and calculating - which...

Napkin, woven in memory of the peace of Hubertusburg, 1763, which ended the Seven-Years War between Austria and Prussia and their allies, between Empress Maria Theresia and King Friedrich II, over the possession of Silesia.
#26010442

Napkin, woven in memory of the peace of Hubertusburg, 1763, which ended the S...

Austro-Hungarian uniforms, before World War I.
#26010470

Austro-Hungarian uniforms, before World War I.

Figurines with uniforms worn by Imperial (Catholic League) troops during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648)
#26010539

Figurines with uniforms worn by Imperial (Catholic League) troops during th...

Standard of Archduke Matthias (1557-1619), governor of the Netherlands, King of Hungary, Emperor.
#26010541

Standard of Archduke Matthias (1557-1619), governor of the Netherlands, King...