TR003 Tsar Nicholas II & Tsarevich Alexei First Legion- World of the Greeks Although sabres were also carried

Although sabres were also carried a pistol might do more ”damage” at close quarters…

Here 2 x sabre-carrying officers flank the standard bearer

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This medium-sized half track was one of the "workhorse" vehicles of the German Army during WW2

TR003 Tsar Nicholas II & Tsarevich Alexei First Legion- World of the Greeks Although sabres were also carriedBoth father and son are dressed the ceremonial dress uniforms of two different Imperial Russian Guard regiments. Nicholas is dressed as the Colonel In Chief of his Regiment while his son, the Tsarevich Alexei is uniformed as a junior subaltern of his particular regiment. Few could have predicted that both of them together with the rest of their Royal Family would be cruelly murdered by the Bolsheviks just five years later