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@ nudecowboy and Richard Arthur Norton

"the photo is inscribed Prince Heinrich 23rd of Reuss ...
"The number 23 is a fascinating detail-"

The photograph is inscribed "Prince Henry XXXIII of Reuss and his bride"

Where "33" is:

"Prince Henry XXXIII ... married Mrs. Allene Tew Hostetter Burchard of New York in 1929. He is a member of the second limb of the younger branch of the House of Reuss, and his son, born 1916, is Henry II. If possible he is not to be confused with the head of his branch of the house, his cousin, Prince Henry XXXIX who married the Countess of Castell-Castell (at Castell) and whose sons are Henry IV, Henry VI and Henry VII." --Time Magazine, 1931

I agree that his bride is Victoria Margaret daughter of Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia and Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. She was born in 1890 and died in 1923 (age 33). She married Henry XXXIII Reuss of Kostritz (and not Prince Heinrich of Prussia), May 17,1913, and they divorced on July 14, 1922.

"Heinrich XXXIII Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz was born on July 26, 1879, in Austria. He was the son of Heinrich VII Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz and Marie Alexandrine Anne Sophie Auguste Helene Prinzessin von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach.

"He married, secondly, Allene Tew, daughter of Charles Henry Tew and Janet Smith, on April 10, 1929, at Paris, France. He and Allene Tew were divorced on 31 October 31, 1935, at Paris, France. He died on November 15, 1942, at age 63 at Stonsdorf. "-- the Peerage

There are other photographs on Flicka of Prince Heinrich XXXIII with his (first) wife, and family:

"Prinz Heinrich XXXIII. Reuss mit Familie" by mrsfujita


"The Children Of Prince Heinrich XXXIII. Reuss " by mrsfujita

oops missed an X, all those roman numerals!! I edited my comment slightly to reflect that.

This is a photograph of a picture postcard. Gustav Liersch & Co. was a big postcard maker based in Berlin for the views trade, and also a large line in Royalty of all sorts. "The Children Of Prince Heinrich XXXIII. Reuss " by mrsfujita is also an example of that house's work.

Thanks for the added details. We'll supplement our description and reload it to Flickr.

Here is Victoria Margarete's Wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Viktoria_Margarethe_of_Pru...

I had thought that this was Kaiser Wilhelm I , grandfather of Kaiser Wilhelm II, after being crowned emperor of the newly reunified Germany in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles in January, 1871.
I see from the estimable Miss Mertens' comment on what looks like a related picture that this is Wilhelm II, seen taking his leave of court chaplain Dr. Bernhard Rogge, who had given the main sermon during the coronation ceremony of his grandfather in 1871.

This is a Gustav Liersch postcard, with the identifying info blocked out at bottom:
www.ansichtskarten-center.de/webshop/shop/ProdukteBilder/...

Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Krupp_von_Bohlen_und_Halbach
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach was born Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach. He married Bertha Krupp in October 1906. He lead Krupp heavy industries until early WWII, Read the Arms of Krupp for an extensive history of the family and company.

Two interesting things about his name. Firstly, Krupp, although more important in the economic sense, is first, because the highest title name generally goes last, in this case the noble "von". Second, the Kaiser announced at the wedding he would be allowed to add the Krupp name to his own, indicating the prominence the Krupp name had achieved already.

The Krupp family, including Gustav & Bertha, was the subject of a 2009 miniseries on German TV, "Krupp, a German Family."

Von Bohlen was a diplomat before the Kaiser arranged that he marry Bertha and take control of the company (which celebrates its 200th anniversary in 2012). www.deutsche-gesellschaft-fuer-ordenskunde.de/vereinsmaga... has an article (in German) that focuses on his many decorations and a piece of jewellery made of miniatures of the medals. It includes a 1910 picture of him in the dress uniform of the "Leib-
Garde-Husaren-Regiments" -- Lifeguard Hussars. This is probably the regimental headgear of the same regiment.

LRGR109:

Thanks for sending us the matching postcard image to the Bain photograph. We are finding that many of the Bain images of royalty were copied from postcards like this one. Often the Bain images are cropped, so it is always good to see the original image with its additional caption and details.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Viktoria_of_Schleswig-Holstein

Richard Arthur Norton: Thanks for pointing us to the Kaiserin's full name here. We'll include it in the description next time we update.