Napoleon III yielding his sword to Wilhelm I

Description

This handkerchief commemorates the surrender of France to Germany at the end of the Franco-Prussian War, in 1870. The short war between the two nations had been the result of a territorial dispute over the border provinces of Alsace and Lorraine; and resulted in the French army's defeat. The handkerchief is printed with captions in both French and German, and shows the defeated French emperor Napoleon III handing his sword to the victorious German kaiser, Wilhelm I

Category:: Fashion
Object ID:: 2015.5/113
Object name:: Napoleon III yielding his sword to Wilhelm I
Object type:: handkerchief, commemorative handkerchief
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Production date:: 1871
Material:: cotton, ink
Measurements/duration:: H 600 mm, W 650 mm
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Record quality:: 60%
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Owner Status & Credit:: Permanent collection
Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by H M Government and allocated to the Museum of London, 2015.

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Creative commons usage:: CC BY-NC 4.0
License this image:: To license this image for commercial use, please contact the London Museum Picture Library.

Napoleon III yielding his sword to Wilhelm I

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