| Images of Britians Imperial Rivals |
| United States of America |
| Cabinet Photograph Private 1st Regiment Pennsylvania National Guard c. 1890 |
| Carte de Visite-sized Tintype Iowa Artilleryman armed with Colt Dragoon Revolver c. 1865 |
| Cabinet Photograph Cavalry Officer United States Volunteers 1898 |
| Carte de Visite 1st Sergeant Vermont Infantry Regiment c. 1865 |
| Sous Lieutenant De la Salle Carte de Visite UnknownPhotographer c. 1860's |
| Cabinet Photograph Unidentified United States Cavalry Trooper and Mount c. 1898 - 1900 |
| Cabinet Photograph Private 5th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment c. 1900 |
| Cabinet Photograph Two Privates 8th Corps US Army Manila, Philippines c. 1900 |
| US Cavalryman Salford, Manchester, Engalnd c. 1880's |
This Carte de Visite is the earliest
photographic representation of a
member of the famed Légion Étrangere
- the Foreign Legion - that I have ever
come across. It shows Sous Lieutenant
De la Salle who also served as a
Maréchal de Logis (sergeant) in the
Chasseurs D'Afrique. De la Salle served
with the Legion in Mexico during
Napoleon III's attempt to turn that
county into a French colony. This
Carte de Visite is clearly a copy of an
earlier photograph although based
upon the thinness of the card mount
the copy itself must date from the
1860's or at the latest the very early
1870' s- only a few years after France's
incursion into Mexico. One wonders if
De la Salle survived his posting to
Mexico - the graveyard of French
Colonial aspirations in North America.
photographic representation of a
member of the famed Légion Étrangere
- the Foreign Legion - that I have ever
come across. It shows Sous Lieutenant
De la Salle who also served as a
Maréchal de Logis (sergeant) in the
Chasseurs D'Afrique. De la Salle served
with the Legion in Mexico during
Napoleon III's attempt to turn that
county into a French colony. This
Carte de Visite is clearly a copy of an
earlier photograph although based
upon the thinness of the card mount
the copy itself must date from the
1860's or at the latest the very early
1870' s- only a few years after France's
incursion into Mexico. One wonders if
De la Salle survived his posting to
Mexico - the graveyard of French
Colonial aspirations in North America.
| Mounted Photograph Privates Jones & Chernecky "M" Company, 15th U.S. Infantry Regiment Tientsin, China c. 1900's |
| France |
| Carte de Visite Private 109th Regiment d'infanterie Chaumont c. 1890's |
| Carte de Visite 37th Regiment d'infanterie Paris c. 1870's |
| Miniature Carte de Visite 3rd Regiment d'Zouaves Oran c. 1890's |
| Carte de Visite 4th Regiment d'Tirailleurs Tunisia c. 1880's |
| Carte de Visite 22nd Battalion Chasseurs Alpin c. 1890's |
| Mounted Photograph NCO Tirailleurs Algerien -Turco c. 1890's |
| Carte de Visite French Colonial Officer c. 1870's-80 |
| Mounted Photograph Corporal Paul Montanaro Troupes de Marine Peking, China c.1900's |
| Carte de Visite 1st Regiment Chasseurs d'Afrique Blidah, Algeria c. 1890's |
| Mounted Photograph Troupes de Marine Tonkin, French Indo-China c. 1900 |
| Carte de Visite Aspirant Troupes de Marine Lorient, France c. 1890's |
| Germany |
| Unmounted Photograph German Colonial Soldier East Africa? c. 1900 |
| Cabinet Photograph Schutztruppe Private Finke German South West Africa 1907 |
| Cabinet Photograph German Boy in Naval Uniform and Tropical Helmet Constantinople/Cairo c. 1890 |
| Cabinet Photograph German Ostasiatische Expeditionskorps Private c. 1900 |
| Cabinet Photograph Two Privates Ostasiatische Expeditionskorps c. 1900's |
| Carte de Viste-Style Photograph Private Bavarian Infantry (Landsturm) Unit 1890's |
| Cabinet Photograph Mounted Schutztruppe German South West Africa 1905 |
| Japan |
| Turkey |
| Russia |
| Italy |
| Cabinet Photograph Italian Bersaglieri c. 1880 |
| Carte de Visite Russian Officer c.1880's - 90's |
| Cabinet Photograph Turkish Cavalryman c. 1900's |
| Cabinet Photograph Japanese Cavalry Officer c. 1900-05 |
| Mounted Photograph Japanese Artilleryman c. 1900-05 |
| Stereo Views |
| Stereo View British, Russian, German, Austrian, Japanese and Swedish Military Attachés Santiago de Cuba 1898 |
| Mounted Photograph Japanese Infantryman c. 1900-05 |
| Netherlands |
| Carte de Viste Majoor A.E.N.B. Otken April 17, 1878 |
| Cabinet Photograph Two United States Artillerymen c. 1900 |
| Carte de Viste Dutch Lieutenant c. 1890 |
| Stereo View American, Russian, German, French, Austrian and Italian Military Attachés Cape Town, South Africa 1900 |
| 1/6th Plate Tintype African American Private "L" Company, 6th Massachusetts Vol. Infantry c. 1898 |
| A special thanks to Chris Dale of http://www.germancolonialuniforms.co.uk/ for his assistance in identifying the subjects in these Imperial German colonial photographs |
| Unmounted Photograph German Naval Rating Outfitted for Shore Duty c.1900 |
Sergeant Markoff: [to a dead legionaire he props on the wall] "The rest of the bullets you stop won't hurt as much as that first one."
from the 1939 production of "Beau Geste
from the 1939 production of "Beau Geste
| Cabinet Photograph Captain Edmund L. Richards "K" Company 1st Texas Volunteer Infantry 1898 |
| Cabinet Photograph Bandsman A. C. Martin United States Marine Corps Hong Kong c. 1900 |