In yer face, Kaiser Bill!

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by lordmarcovan, Nov 17, 2017.

  1. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    All right, I'll admit you may have a more impressive 'stache, but MY hat could totally eat yours.

    246088-363x485.jpg

    I'm just sayin'...

    20171117_144149.jpg

    OK, y'all may now redeem this O.T. thread by posting coins of Kaiser Wilhelm, coins with cats, or coins with people who have critters on their heads.
     
    asheland, Stevearino, Nas and 15 others like this.
  2. Avatar

    Guest User Guest



    to hide this ad.
  3. SchwaVB57

    SchwaVB57 Well-Known Member

    IMG_0521.JPG Opening a shipment of coins, my cat had to be in the process.
     
  4. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Handsome fella.

    I certainly know how they like to "help out" with tasks like that.

    20171117_160922.jpg
     
    ddddd, baseball21, Stork and 5 others like this.
  5. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Here's the coin I was thinking of.

    (This one isn't mine - I've had the type before, but not a proof.)

    98481-4378615-003f.jpg 98481-4378615-003rb.jpg

    (Image credit: NGC.)
     
    Jaelus, asheland, Stevearino and 12 others like this.
  6. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Well-Known Member

  7. Deacon Ray

    Deacon Ray Artist & Historian Supporter

    Sergeant York showed him. Or was it Gary Cooper?
     
  8. Oldhoopster

    Oldhoopster Member of the ANA since 1982

    panzerman likes this.
  9. Parthicus

    Parthicus Well-Known Member

    I've got one of the Prussian Bicentennial types:
    Prussia bicentennial.jpg
    There's a similar type issued for the Tricentennial of Russia's Romanov dynasty, which shows Tsar Nicholas II alongside his ancestor. I've been looking for an example for a little bit, it would make a nice ironic historical memento.
     
    lordmarcovan, ddddd, Stork and 2 others like this.
  10. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    1-m1-b1914-e-august-von-mackensen-photo-c-1914-15-mackensen-august-B5M7BH.jpg One of the Kaiser's best field commanders/ Feldmarschall August Von Mackensen.
    In his Hussar uniform/ cool hat:happy:! He destroyed the Russian Armies at Tannenberg/Masurian Lakes/ Gumbinnen. 1-m1-b1914-e-august-von-mackensen-photo-c-1914-15-mackensen-august-B5M7BH.jpg
     
    Deacon Ray, longshot and Parthicus like this.
  11. willieboyd2

    willieboyd2 First Class Poster

    Parthicus, Stork and Hiddendragon like this.
  12. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Last edited: Nov 18, 2017
  13. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    They certainly knew how to do gaudy impressive uniforms back then, didn't they?
     
    Theodosius likes this.
  14. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    I collect vintage Japanese toys and modern Japanese anime toys (aka Chogokin robots)
    I want to introduce you to one of the latest Mazinger Z versions.... Mazinkaiser!
    20171118_051203-1.jpg 20171118_051216.jpg
     
    Theodosius and Parthicus like this.
  15. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    I love the Hussar uniforms, The German Armed Forces esp. WW2 had beautifully designed uniforms, esp. the officers. During the Napoleonic Wars the Hussars actually wore those pretty outfits while riding a hose/ welding their sabres with enemy units.
     
  16. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Well-Known Member

    My dad destroyed quite a few of those uniforms with a naval mounted 40mm Bofors cannon just off the coast of the Netherlands. :cool:
     
  17. Stork

    Stork I deliver Supporter

    Ah, good old Kaiser Wilhelm. Another episode where Obstetrics influenced history (perhaps a bit, and of less direct an influence than Princess Charlotte's delivery and death -- her death medal is posted partway down the page for that story https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lets-see-your-exonumia.203005/page-275#post-2562393).

    He was a complicated breech delivery ('double nuchal arm' by the descriptions so both arms were up and behind the head). The delivery description also noted depressed heart rate, and there was a prior history of a maternal fall and apparent restricted growth on delivery.

    Whatever the cause he had an abnormal left arm (much more than a simple fracture would have given) whether a nerve injury from delivery maneuvers (the type more associated with a stuck shoulder, not a breech), from intrauterine malpresentation either chronic positioning or acute compression during labor, or from a placental injury/pre-delivery injury--it is hard to say.

    However, he is reported to have had quite an animosity towards his British doctor specifically, and Great Britain in general (with a whole other slew of reasons as well, including mommy issues, uncle issues etc). Certainly all this played a role, however large or small, in his character, development, and political choices (cough, WWI, cough).

    edited to add:
    A cat to stay properly on topic for the off topic thread:
    [​IMG]

    And, how about a large kitty with wings on one side, and a dude with a critter on his head:
    [​IMG]
     
    Last edited: Nov 18, 2017
    Jaelus, mackat, lordmarcovan and 2 others like this.
  18. Hiddendragon

    Hiddendragon World coin collector

    Stork, I had heard about his injured arm, but I had never heard that he had particular animosity toward the English. He, King Edward of England and Czar Nicholas were all first cousins and had a decent relationship as I recall. Of course these marriages were supposed to prevent war, but World War I shows that the rulers were going to put their country's interests before family ties.

    Something fascinating to me is the strong resemblance between Edward and Nicholas. When Nicholas visited Britain he was mistaken for Edward a lot. db9e6427646866b19cde2d9b5abf7a40.png
     
    Stork and longshot like this.
  19. Stork

    Stork I deliver Supporter

    Well, I am definitely NOT a historian :). But I saw comments regarding this in my very cursory readings several times, specifically about the doctor when I read up on the birth injury, but also the other.
     
    longshot likes this.
  20. Hiddendragon

    Hiddendragon World coin collector

    It's possible. I've read more about Nicholas than I have about the Kaiser. Something that always interests me is after guys like him are dethroned, what happens to the family? They didn't kill them all. So somewhere there's someone who claims to be the legitimate king of Germany. The same is true for a lot of countries that lost their monarchs. Austria, Portugal, Russia, Yugoslavia, Greece ...
     
  21. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Ah, neat. I never noticed the little horned critter on that Albanian coin. Just figured that fella had a particularly pointy cap on. Funny how often small details like that on a coin can elude me.

    It was quite the shallow gene pool, wasn't it. That photo particularly demonstrates the eerie resemblance between the monarchs. However, that was George V of Great Britain and Nicholas II of Russia, I believe. Edward (the Seventh; Queen Victoria's heir) was older and fatter and dead by WW1.
     
Draft saved Draft deleted

Share This Page