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Monument in Leipzig commemorating the Battle of Leipzig, 1813; completed in 1913 for the 100th anniversary of the battle. Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_Battle_of_the_Nations

Architect: Bruno Schmitz. Style: Wagnerian (Titanic Teutonic). A close-up view: A Flickr photo from 2006 shows an early stage of the cleaning and restoration project that is scheduled to be completed by 2013, the monument's centennial year: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/courtneycj/3338971597/]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_von_Lüttwitz Von Hulsen might be en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_von_Hülsen or his older brother Walter. Picture of Bernhard at prussianmachine.com/korps/huelsen_bernhard.htm has similar ears, but that's hardly definitive for brothers.

The caption printed on what was presumably a postcard relates the photo to a "gegenrevolution" in March 1920. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapp_Putsch "The Kapp Putsch, also known as the Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch after its leaders Wolfgang Kapp and Walther von Lüttwitz, was an attempted coup on 13 March 1920 which aimed to undo the German Revolution of 1918–1919, overthrow the Weimar Republic and establish a right-wing autocratic government in its place. It was supported by parts of the Reichswehr (military) and other conservative, nationalist and monarchist factions." www.axishistory.com/axis-nations/36-germany/germany-freik... connects Freikorps Hülsen ( a paramilitary group founded by Bernhard Hülsen) with the Kapp Putsch.

Earlier Bain photo of Lüttwitz

Earlier Bain photos of the Kapp Putsch:

"Anton Ludwig August von Mackensen (6 December 1849 – 8 November 1945), born August Mackensen, was a German soldier and field marshal.[1] He commanded with success during the First World War and became one of the German Empire's most prominent military leaders. After the Armistice, Mackensen was interned for a year. He retired from the army in 1920 and was made a Prussian state councillor in 1933 by Hermann Göring. Mackensen, a nationalist rather than a National Socialist, frequently appeared at Nazi functions wearing his imperial cavalry uniform and became a major symbol of the integration of the Second and Third Reich." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_von_Mackensen

Thanks, artolog, for supplying Mackensen's full name and dates. We'll add this information to the record when we update.

The same picture in the Bundesarchiv, title: 1915 - Generalfeldmarschall v. Mackensen in einem österreichisch-ungarischen Biwak www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/cross-search/search/_1372456051/...[view]=detail&search[focus]=7 (edited - thanks artolog - your link did not work for me)

Good catch, B-59. They don't seem to have the NPG postcard version used here, which is cropped on the sides. "Field Marshal von Mackensen in an Austro-Hungarian bivouac" Your link did not work for me, but this one did: www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/archives/barchpic/search/_137245...[view]=detail&search[focus]=1