ATTRIBUTED TO H. A. SEYFFERT, CIRCA 1815/1820
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ATTRIBUTED TO H. A. SEYFFERT, CIRCA 1815/1820

Prince William of Prussia (1797-1888), in black coat with silver-embroidered red collar, silver epaulettes, wearing the orange moiré sash and breast-star of the Royal Prussian Order of the Black Eagle and the badge of the Royal Prussian Order of the Red Eagle

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ATTRIBUTED TO H. A. SEYFFERT, CIRCA 1815/1820
Prince William of Prussia (1797-1888), in black coat with silver-embroidered red collar, silver epaulettes, wearing the orange moiré sash and breast-star of the Royal Prussian Order of the Black Eagle and the badge of the Royal Prussian Order of the Red Eagle
oval, 1½ in. (38 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with glazed reverse
Provenance
Sotheby's, Geneva, 25 May 1993, lot 49.
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Lot Essay

William, second son of King Frederick William III (see lots 190 and 193) and Queen Louise of Prussia (see lot 191), succeeded his brother King Frederick William IV (see lot 192) in 1858. He became the first German Kaiser in 1871.

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