“The Kaiser, on horseback, photographed smiling and surrounded by his men during the manoeuvres of 1905. This photograph subsequently became a popular propaganda image, identifying the Kaiser with the common soldier.”
Source: Imperial War Museum.
‘Flatowturm’ (Flatow Tower) at Babelsberg Park, Potsdam, Germany,
Built from 1853 to 1856 for Kaiser Wilhelm I according to designs by Johann Heinrich Strack.
Eric Reinheart Photography