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Meeting of King Wilhelm I and Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm at the Battle of Königgrätz, 3 July 1866, (1936). 'Begegnung König Wilhelms I Mit Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm In Der Schlacht Bei Königgrätz, 3 Juli 1866'. King Wilhelm I of Prussia, Emperor of Germany (1797-1888) meets his son Friedrich Wilhelm (1831-1888, future German Emperor and King of Prussia Frederick III). The Battle of Königgrätz took place near Königgrätz in Bohemia (modern-day Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic). It was the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War in which the Kingdom of Prussia defeated the Austrian Empire. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]