1896 Print Caton Woodville Prussian Cavalry Soldiers Recruits Great Army XEGA9 YSB1 "Windsor" Gold Seal

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1896 Print Caton Woodville Prussian Cavalry Soldiers Recruits Great Army XEGA9 YSB1 "Windsor" Gold SealThis is an original 1896 black and white halftone print of Prussian cavalry bringing a fresh group of infantry recruits to join the Grande Arme of Napoleon. While Prussian and Austrian troops joined Napoleon's Russian campaign, almost all of them personally remained loyal to their respective monarchs. The Grande Arme invaded Russia in 1812, and with Napoleon's horrible defeat there, turned the tide of the Napoleonic Wars, and eventually resulted in