62 - Field Marshal Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, plaque with bust portrait in hussar uniform

Field Marshal Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, plaque with bust portrait in hussar uniform Stone and marble, irregularly hewn grey-brown stone block on a flat black marble base, on the front an applied oval light stone bearing the oval plaque of bronze-coloured metal with inscription "GENERAL=FELDMARSCHALL PRINZ FRIEDRICH KARL VON PREUSSEN", bust portrait to the left in hussar uniform (attila with braiding) and peaked cap, with full beard, cross at the neck and cross on the chest, age-appropriate good condition, plaque in good condition, base chipped, 22.5x20.5x15 cm (HxWxD) Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828 Berlin to 1885 Klein Glienicke), nephew of Emperor Wilhelm I, led the storming of the Düppel redoubts in 1864, commanded the First Army at Königgrätz in 1866 and the Second Army before Metz in 1870, whose capitulation on 28 October 1870 earned him the rank of field marshal. Because of his preferred red hussar uniform he was called "the red prince"; from 1878 until his death he was chief of the Hussar Regiment "von Zieten" (Brandenburg) No. 3 in Rathenow. The relief portrait in hussar uniform with full beard corresponds to the portrait lithographs of the time, for example the sheet by W. Hermes from the years 1861 to 1870. The stone with the commander's plaque belongs to the memorabilia and militaria relating to the Prussian army leader.