RECEPTION OF THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY

ELKINGTON & Company: Germany, 1891, Bronze, 76 mm
Obv: Conjoined busts of the German Emperor (Wilhelm II) with Empress    GULIELMUS II IMPERATOR ET REX (William II Emperor and King)
Rev: City of London wearing a helmet surmounted by a dragon; Germania seated, holding a sword, a lion at her feet.
Signed: ELKINGTON
Mintage: 450
Set of two medals in original case of issue (see Appendix)
Ref: Welch 24; BHM 404/3412; Eimer 205/1768;  Europese Penningen # 1997;  Weiss BW123

Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert (1859-1941), Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany, was King of Prussia from 1888 to 1918. He was the grandson of William I, King of Prussia and the first Emperor of Germany. He was also the grandson of Queen Victoria. His father was the Emperor and King Frederick III. His mother, the Dowager-Empress Frederick, was Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ireland. The Empress was Princess Augusta Victoria (1858-1921) of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.

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