The Flensburg Lion
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English: Isted Lion
Dansk: Istedløven
Deutsch: Flensburger Löwe (auch: Idstedt Löwe))
Monument created in the 1860s by en:Herman Wilhelm Bissen, da:Herman Wilhelm Bissen, de:Herman Wilhelm Bissen. The monument stood in Flensburg until 1864, in Berlin until 1945, in Copenhagen until 2011 and stands today back in Flensburg . In 1874, a copy was made in Berlin, and it still stands there.
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Istedløven in Flensburg, ca. 1863
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The lion in Berlin, 1942
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U.S. General Ray W. Barker officially returned the lion to King Christian X on October 20, 1945.
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Copy from 1874 in Berlin, after its restoration in 2005
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Copy from 1874 in Berlin, after its restoration in 2005
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Original lion in Copenhagen, 2007, in front of the Royal Danish Arsenal Museum
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Close-up
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Side view
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Original lion in Copenhagen, in front of the Royal Danish Arsenal Museum
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Original lion in Copenhagen, 2009, in front of the Royal Danish Arsenal Museum
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Back in Flensburg, 2011
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The Lion in Flensburg (2014)