Watch List notes:

Germany, Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1840-1861), the dedication of the equestrian statue of Frederick the Great, Berlin, 1851, copper medal, by H. Bubert, conjoined busts of Friedrich Wilhelm III and IV r., rev. the statue atop its ornate plinth, 61mm. (Henckel 2597); Wilhelm II, The German Exhibition, Earls Court, London, 1891, copper medal, by W. Mayer [Stuttgart], uniformed and bemedalled bust l., rev. PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERAT, façade of the German pavilion, 69.5mm. (BHM.3423 [R2]), the first very fine, the second extremely fine (2) The equestrian statue of Frederick the Great is by Christian Daniel Rauch who spent nearly 20 years of his life working on this single project. It was returned to its position on the Unter den Linden near the Humboldt University in 1980. The obverse legend on the second medal is taken from the Emperor's speech at Guildhall on 10 July 1891: 'My aim is above all the maintenance of Peace . . . ' (£80-100)