Rittmeister Heinrich Bauer
1923
From the collection of City Museums Freiburg
Portrait uniform
This drawing shows a man in a dark cavalry uniform. His medals glint against his coat. A white cravat peeks above his jacket. He died a month after this was made. Bauer fought in Napoleon’s army. His wife kept this picture after he fell at Aspern. His uniform tells a story. Look up how medals ranked in early 1800s Europe. Museum of Ethnography
