RARE CDV Taxidermy Head of Buffalo Shot by Grand Duke Alexis 1872 Photo Hunting

4" x 2.5". Heavy horizontal creasethrough image as shown. The crease sucks, but this is an image that turns up very rarely. See below for more info about the hunt.
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From online: After it was revealed by President Ulysses S. Grant that the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia would be making a tour of the United States and wanted to shoot a buffalo during his visit, arrangements were made for the Duke and company to hunt on the central plains in the Nebraska Territory. He would be accompanied by General George Custer, General Phil Sheridan, and a young Buffalo Bill Cody as the hunting guide. Cody rounded up a herd of buffalo with the help of Sioux Chief Spotted Tail, who was paid for his service with 1,000 pounds of tobacco.

The hunt took place in January of 1872. An extravagant camp of two meal tents, 10 guest tents, and a dorm tent for orderlies and servants of the Grand Duke was set up just inside the eastern boundary of Hayes County. A herd of buffalo was located by scouts and the Sioux near Medicine Creek. Duke Alexis emptied two pistols in a failed attempt to kill anything, so Cody lent him the use of a .50 caliber Springfield rifle and with one shot, the Grand Duke dropped a buffalo bull. By the end of the hunt, Duke Alexis had shot a total of eight buffalo. The success of the hunt was celebrated with a basket of champagne brought out by Russian servants.