Height: 26cm (10.2in)
Patinated iron. Standing figure of the The Prince Regent (later King George IV, 1762-1830) in Field Marshal’s uniform and wearing the star Order of the Garter and the Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece at his neck awarded in July 1815.
The significance of the present figure lies in the alliances between Great Britain and Prussia during the Napoleonic Wars in general, and more specifically during the War of the Sixth Coalition which saw Napoleon driven out of Germany after the battle of Leipzig, and French Forces expelled from the Iberian Peninsula by the Duke of Wellington; and the Seventh Coalition which ended in Allied victory at Waterloo.
In 1804 the opening of the Royal Berlin Factory, the Königliche Eisengießerei on the city’s northern outskirts further identified Berlin ironware with the state. Production soon expanded to cover a range of decorative objects that included small statues and figurines, as well as architectural features such as the iron bridge in Berlin's Charlottenburg Park.