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![[Wilhelm I, Emperor of Germany, in regalia, half-length portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvd2lsaGVsbS1pLWVtcGVyb3Itb2YtZ2VybWFueS1pbi1yZWdhbGlhLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1yaWdodC1iMDhmNzktMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/399/jpg "[Wilhelm I, Emperor of Germany, in regalia, half-length portrait, facing right]")
![[German emperor Wilhelm II, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvZ2VybWFuLWVtcGVyb3Itd2lsaGVsbS1paS10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVyLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zZWF0ZWQtZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/53/webp "[German emperor Wilhelm II, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left]")
![[Emperor Wilhelm II, full-length portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvZW1wZXJvci13aWxoZWxtLWlpLWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Emperor Wilhelm II, full-length portrait]")
![[Wilhelm Kieft, bust portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDQvMDEvMDEvd2lsaGVsbS1raWVmdC1idXN0LXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1yaWdodC02NDAuanBn/40/52/webp "[Wilhelm Kieft, bust portrait, facing right]")
![[Otto Eidlitz, half-length portrait, standing, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvb3R0by1laWRsaXR6LWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXN0YW5kaW5nLWZhY2luZy1mcm9udC02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Otto Eidlitz, half-length portrait, standing, facing front]")
![[Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor August Ernst, crown prince of Germany, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzMvMDEvMDEvZnJpZWRyaWNoLXdpbGhlbG0tdmlrdG9yLWF1Z3VzdC1lcm5zdC1jcm93bi1wcmluY2Utb2YtZ2VybWFueS1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor August Ernst, crown prince of Germany, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]")
![[The Monument of Emperor William I, Stettin, Germany]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvdGhlLW1vbnVtZW50LW9mLWVtcGVyb3Itd2lsbGlhbS1pLXN0ZXR0aW4tZ2VybWFueS02Y2Q1NTMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/52/webp "[The Monument of Emperor William I, Stettin, Germany]")
