All right, I'll admit you may have a more impressive 'stache, but MY hat could totally eat yours. I'm just sayin'... 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.
Here's the coin I was thinking of. (This one isn't mine - I've had the type before, but not a proof.) (Image credit: NGC.)
@daveydempsey , I can't tell for certain, but the last medal that you posted may have PVC residue. If it's PVC, then it would be a shame for the acidic byproducts to ruin such an interesting item. An acetone dip should remove it without affecting the surfaces.
I've got one of the Prussian Bicentennial types: 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.
One of the Kaiser's best field commanders/ Feldmarschall August Von Mackensen. In his Hussar uniform/ cool hat! He destroyed the Russian Armies at Tannenberg/Masurian Lakes/ Gumbinnen.
Kaiser Bill's father Frederick III, champion beard: Germany Prussia 10 Marks 1888-A (Berlin) - Frederick III FRIEDRICH DEUTSCHER KAISER KONIG V. PREUSSEN DEUTSCHES REICH 1888 / 10 MARK Gold 0.900, 19mm, 3.98gm, Krause catalog number: 514, mintage 876,000 Why did I buy this coin? https://www.cointalk.com/threads/germany-10-marks-frederick-iii-durant-nash-hesse-jewel-heist.152173
No Kaiser Bill birdheaded portrait on this, but it's a neat piece of German WW1 trench art I picked up for my growing love token/engraved "Creatively Damaged" collection, which I hope to post eventually. At least this one has a writeup and a usable photo, unlike most of them do right now. "Souvenir of an Invasion": WW1 German trench art on 1904 Belgian 10-centime coin)
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!
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.
My dad destroyed quite a few of those uniforms with a naval mounted 40mm Bofors cannon just off the coast of the Netherlands.
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: And, how about a large kitty with wings on one side, and a dude with a critter on his head:
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.
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.
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 ...
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.