page_title: Otto von Bismarck
section_title: Memorials
hierarchical_section_title: Otto von Bismarck / Legacy and memory / Memorials
caption_attribution_description: English: 1915 WWI Judaica Silver Medal 100th Anniversary of Bismarck. Medallion d. = 34 mm. 18.35 g Ag 0.990 Fine Silver. Bismarck, Otto Graf, 1815 Schönhausen (Elbe) -1898 Friedrichsruh, Germany Plain bare head r, above "BISMACK"/ A giant carries the sculpture of the map of Germany, 2 lines at l.: "1. APRIL 1915", curved above: "DEM SCHÖPFER DES DEUTSCHEN REICHES". At edge: "Silber 990". Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, 18242853. Medallists: (Hugo) Grünthal, Jewish numismatist, owner of Robert Ball Nachf. Berlin, 1869 Beuthen, today in Poland - 1943 Berlin &amp; (Prof. Paul) Sturm, 1859 Leipzig - 1936 Jena, Thuringia. Condition: Nice EXTREMELY FINE, old patina.
context_page_description: Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg, known as Otto von Bismarck, was a conservative German statesman who masterminded the unification of Germany in 1871 and served as its first chancellor until 1890, in which capacity he dominated European affairs for two decades. He had previously been Minister President of Prussia and Chancellor of the North German Confederation. He provoked three short, decisive wars against Denmark, Austria, and France. Following the victory against Austria, he abolished the supranational German Confederation and instead formed the North German Confederation as the first German national state, aligning the smaller North German states behind Prussia. Receiving the support of the independent South German states in the Confederation's defeat of France, he formed the German Empire and united Germany.
  With Prussian dominance accomplished by 1871, Bismarck skillfully used balance of power diplomacy to maintain Germany's position in a peaceful Europe.
context_section_description: Immediately after he left office, citizens started to praise him and established funds to build monuments like the Bismarck Memorial or towers dedicated to him. Throughout Germany, the accolades were unending; several buildings were named in his honour, portraits of him were commissioned from artists such as Franz von Lenbach and C.W. Allers and books about him became best-sellers. The first monument built in his honour was the one at Bad Kissingen erected in 1877.
  Numerous statues and memorials dot the cities, towns, and countryside of Germany, including the famous Bismarck Memorial in Berlin and numerous Bismarck towers on four continents. The only memorial depicting him as a student at Göttingen University (together with a dog, possibly his Reichshund Tyras) and as a member of his Corps Hannovera was re-erected in 2006 at the Rudelsburg. 
  The gleaming white 1906 Bismarck Monument in the city of Hamburg, stands in the centre of the St. Pauli district, and is the largest, and probably best-known, memorial to Bismarck worldwide. The statues depicted him as massive, monolithic, rigid and unambiguous. Two warships were named in his honour, the SMS Bismarck of the German Imperial Navy, and the Bismarck from the World War II–era.
caption: Obverse of a WWI Judaica Silver Medal by Hugo Grünthal and Paul Sturm for Bismarck's 100th Birthday, 1915
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