crownprince

On the left, Prince Heinrich, Kaiser Wilhelm II's brother en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P rince_Henry_of_Prussia_(1862-1929) on the right, the Kaiser's son Crown Prince Wilhelm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William,_German_Crown_Prince

This is a detail from a postcard "Besuch des Prinzen Heinrich im Hauptquartier des Kronprinzen" (Visit of Prince Henry in the headquarter of the Crown Prince)

Good catch! Here, from another Flickr user, is the next postcard in the series, a closeup of the two at the same site: www.flickr.com/photos/bismarckstiftung/7830899284/ And a clearer capture of the card that Bain cropped above: static3.akpool.de/images/cards/56/563994.jpg

Thanks to both of you for your excellent research. We'll fill in a bit of the information the next time we update.

Looks like another of Crown Prince Wilhelm. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William,_German_Crown_Prince "His Imperial and Royal Highness Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst Hohenzollern, the Crown Prince of Prussia was best known to most people outside Germany as Little Willie, a slender youth with a long nose and no chin. He was seen in most of his photographs dressed as a Death's Head Hussar, and caricaturists generally drew him in that uniform, which suited his long and lanky fignre. At eighteen he "came of age" and assumed the Royal and Imperial dignities and precedence, and in the same year (1900) was made a Lieutenant in the 1st Foot Guards, served three years in that rank, became a Cavalry Captain for four years, and a Major for six. His name appeared on the lists of eleven or twelve different German regiments, and he also belonged to the llth Spanish Dragoons. Up to the outbreak of the Great War he could be described as a keen regimental soldier up to a certain point. He was advanced to the command of the Death's Head Hussars at Danzig. Without any real knowledge of war he was quickly jumped up in rank from commander of a cavalry regiment to lieutenantgeneral, and given command of the largest group of army-corps." www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/totenkopf.htm

"Frederick William Victor Augustus Ernest (German: Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst) (6 May 1882 – 20 July 1951) of the House of Hohenzollern was the last Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Prussia and the German Empire. He was colloquially known as William or Wilhelm throughout Europe." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William,_German_Crown_Prince

artolog: thanks for the full name and background information. We will update our record.