gustavliersch

Impressive uniform and a nice horse.

Crown Prince William of Germany was appointed colonel-in-chief of the English 11th Hussars in 1911. See www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/11th-hussars-prince-a...

There had been an earlier 1st Hussars regiment in the King's German Legion of the British Army during the Napoleonic War, but I haven't found a 1st Hussars. Perhaps the postcard caption has a typo.

www.hussards-photos.com/UK/UK_11_CPA_Kronprinz.htm
shows this picture under the title "11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars" and has a note, "The postcard wrongly states that he's in the uniform of the "1st Hussars". "

he looks like Prince Charles. And Queen Elizabeth.

The title reads "In commemoration of the marriage celebration, May 24, 1913".

Branddobbe: Thank you for the translation! We can add this to the descriptive information when we update the record.

See royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2008/07/victoria-lou...

Another Flickr user, Miss Mertens, has scanned the original Liersch postcard in her photostream

No, it is not Kaiser Wilhelm I. on the photo. I can see following persons: from left the women: Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia (born 1892, 4 years after Wilhelm I. death), next to her Crown Princess Cecilie and Princess Sophie Charlotte of Prussia, wife of Prince Eitel Fritz. The little boy was Prince Louis Ferdinand or Prince Wilhelm, son of the crown couple. The man with Pickelhaube is not Kaiser Wilhelm II. I also don`t know, who is the wife with the dark suite!

Thanks for that, Miss Mertens. I have changed my comment to this photo and the one, which looks like the same occasion, with Wilhelm II greeting court chaplain Bernhard Rogge.