2-715-259 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Emperor and Chancellor, 1871, (1936). 'Kaiser Und Kanzler'. After the joint victory of the German states in the Franco-Prussian War, the Prussian King Wilhelm I (1797-1888) was proclaimed German Emperor at the Palace of Versailles outside Paris. Here he holds a meeting with the German Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898). From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]