Bust in profile left in Prussian general's uniform with the sash and Order of the Black Eagle, the Iron Cross, and the War Memorial Medal 1813-15.

Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia (1770-1840; 1797 King)

Modeled by Leopold Heuberger, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz

About 1814-15

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