MONUMENTAL SILVER MODEL OF THE BERLIN VICTORY COLUMN.
Hanau. 20th c. After a design by Heinrich Strack.

Silver; partly gilt. Ivory. On thrice receeding round base columned hall with rosette-shaped relief decor in its centre. On it the monumental column consisting of four fluted drums. A total of 68 gold-plated cannons pushed into the cannelurs. The column ends at the top with a pierced frieze and is crowned by an imposing figure of Victoria with a laurel wreath and field signs in her hands.
Ca. 3090g. Height 98cm.

Crescent & crown; standard 800; manufacture mark indistinct. Condition A.

The large original for this model was inaugurated in September 1873. The Victory Column was built on the occasion of three victorious wars based on a design by the architect Heinrich Strack and was originally built on K鰊igsplatz. Between 1938 and 1939; it was moved to its present location; the Sternplatz.
The large figure of the winged Victoria; popularly known as 'Goldelse'; received from Friedrich Drake the facial features of Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland; who was Crown Princess in Prussia at the time.
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