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This column was erected to commemorate the German defeat of the French in the Franco-Prussian War of 1868-1870.
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A PATINATED METAL MODEL OF THE SIEGESSAÜLE COLUMN
GERMAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The stop fluted column surmounted by a winged victory on a circular colonnade raised on a rectangular base cast in shallow relief with military scenes and inscription Das Dankbare Vaterland Dem Siegreichen Heere, on a conforming green marble plinth---17 in. (43cm.) high
GERMAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The stop fluted column surmounted by a winged victory on a circular colonnade raised on a rectangular base cast in shallow relief with military scenes and inscription Das Dankbare Vaterland Dem Siegreichen Heere, on a conforming green marble plinth---17 in. (43cm.) high