WILHELM I
(1797-1888, King of Prussia and first German Emperor)
Finely penned document signed, in German with transcription and translation,
to the President of Peru, (Mariano Ignacio Prado, 1826-1902, Dictator, 1865-1867, President 1867-1868 & 1876-1879), thanking him for his letter "of the 5th August last year that by the free choice of Your fellow citizens ... You were appointed President ... and assumed this honourable Office on the 2nd of the same month", reciprocating the President's assurance "that You will strive to cultivate and ever improve the good relations existing between Germany and the Republic of Peru", and offering his "congratulations on Your elevation", signed also by Bernhard Ernst von Bülow (1815-1879, the Danish and German Statesman, plenipotentiary at the Congress of Berlin) as Deputy Foreign Minister, 1 side folio, lithographed heading with MS additions and conjugate blank, Berlin, 10th April
Item Date:
1877
Stock No:
52526
£325
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[WILHELM I
(1797-1888, Emperor of Germany), his wife AUGUSTA (1811-1890, née Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) and their extended family]
Remarkable unsigned Composite Cabinet Group Photograph,
titled in German 'The German Imperial Couple in their Family Circle', showing them with their family, 39 images in all, against a romantic background representing the gardens and castle at Babelsberg, Potsdam, with attached to the verso the original printed list of names and a key of vignette drawings of their heads, including the Emperor's brother KARL (1801-1883) and sister ALEXANDRINE (1803-1892, Dowager Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Schwerin, nos. 6 & 5), their son FRIEDRICH WILHELM III and his wife VICTORIA (1840-1901, daughter of Queen Victoria, nos. 3 & 4), their daughter LUISE (1838-1923) wife of FRIEDRICH I (1826-1907, Grand Duke of Baden, nos. 7 & 18), with their grandchildren and their families including WILHELM II (1859-1941, no. 8) and CHARLOTTE (1860-1919, wife of BERNARD (III, of Saxe-Meiningen, 1851-1928, nos. 12 & 13), VICTORIA (1862-1930, of Baden) wife of GUSTAF (V, 1858-1950, of Sweden, nos. 21 & 22), and their great-grandchildren, including FEODORA (1879-1945, of Saxe-Meiningen, no. 14) and baby FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1882-1951, son of Wilhelm II, no. 10), also the Emperor's nephew FRIEDRICH KARL (1828-1885, 'The Red Prince', no. 23) and family including daughters MARIE (1855-1888, widow of Hendrik, brother of Willem III, no. 26), ELISABETH (1857-1895) wife of FRIEDRICH AUGUST (1852-1931, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, nos. 29 & 30) and LUISE MARGARETE (1860-1917) wife of ARTHUR (1850-1942, Duke of Connaught, nos. 27 & 28), and nephew ALBRECHT (1837-1906) with his wife MARIE (1854-1898, of Saxe-Altenburg, nos. 32 & 33), 4¼" x 6½", the list 6½" x 8¼", published by Erche & Liersch of Berlin,
tiny closed crack at foot of blank foreground, the list a little worn without loss
Item Date:
1882
Stock No:
54403
£100
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[WILHELM I
(1797-1888, King of Prussia and first German Emperor)]
Splendid Souvenir Folding Card 'Dem Deutsche Kaiserreiche'
('To the German Empire'), in full colour, in German with transcriptions and translations, the centre showing Wilhelm I in his new regalia, holding his sword upwards, while pointing to a document on the table by him, (we presume, the Proclamation of the Empire at Versailles), the side panels, with romantic landscapes, read "Vom Fels" ('From Mountain') and "Zum Meer" ('To Sea'), while on the outside, the left panel bears a trophy, the right a quotation from Wilhelm I of July 1870, 11 days after France had declared war, that "Germany... may rest assured that strife brings her tranquillity and that out of the bloody sowing will spring a harvest, blessed by God, of German freedom and unity", all on a lacy paper frame topped by a gilt German eagle, 5¼" (max.) x 3¼" unfolding to 5¼" x 7", no place, no date, circa
light vertical crease from part folding in upper panel
(Transcription of quotation)
Deutschland darf in seiner Einmüthigheit wie in seine Rechte die Bürgschaft finden, daß der Krieg ihm Frieden bringe und daß aus der blutigen Saat eine von Gott gesegnete Ernte deutscher Freiheit und Einigheit sprießen werde.
Berlin, 25. Juli 1870. Wilhelm I.
(Translation)
Germany, in her unanimity and in her sense of justice, may rest assured that strife brings her tranquillity and that out of the bloody sowing will spring a harvest, blessed by God, of German freedom and unity.
Berlin, 25th July 1870.
Item Date:
1871
Stock No:
55942
£95
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WILHELM II
(1859-1941, Emperor of Germany, 'Kaiser Bill')
Early Document signed in German
awarding the Order of the Red Eagle 3rd Class to Gustav Adolf Caroc, 1 side folio, no place, 30th July
traces of mounting on the verso
Item Date:
1888
Stock No:
38896
£325
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[WILHELM II
(Frederick William, 1859-1941, Emperor of Prussia) with his son Crown Prince WILHELM (1882-1951, last Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Prussia and the German Empire)]
Superb unsigned Imperial Cabinet photo by Selle & Kuntze,
showing the Emperor, seated, in uniform, with his young son standing at his knee, also in uniform and holding a sword, resting his other hand on his father's knee and they are smiling at each other, 12" x 8½", Potsdam, no date, circa
Item Date:
1890
Stock No:
30281
£325
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