The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Kaiser Wilhelm II Memorial Church, Kurfurstendamm, Berlin was damaged in air raids on the night of the 23rd November 1943. The church was in the neo-romanesque style and had been built under the Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II in memory of his Grandfather, Kaiser Wilhelm I to the architectural design of Franz Schwechten. The spire was 113 metres high and the nave could seat over 2,000 people. The ruins of this church have been preserved to memorialize the destruction and horror of the Second World War.
Man's silver signet ring bearing on the front face an oval within which is a crown with the dates '1914' and '1915' on either side.Beneath is a wreath containing eight lightning bolts. On either side
Depicts two figures, either Kaiser Wilhelm II and Emperor Franz Josef or 'Germania' and Wilhelm. The thin, elderly figure on the right may also represent the declining Austro-Hungarian empire gazing
Satirical medallion designed by German artist Karl Goetz to comment on the self-imposed exile of Emperor Wilhem II to Amerrongen in Holland in 1918, after his forced abdication in the face of the muti
Depicts a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II climbing up a huge pile of human skulls, representing war dead, while smoking ruins appear in the background. Dyson's distinctive biting satire aimed at war a
Depicts a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II amid wreckage and chaos. One of his feet rests on a skull and the other on a broken column, symbolising the death of civilisation. He holds a sword and globe
Depicts the figure of a bareheaded Kaiser Wilhelm II kneeling at foot of steps before God, who is a larger version of the Emperor himself. Beside the Kaiser incense rises from a bowl containing the re