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German-Danish War: Prussian Troops March through the Brandenburg Gate (1864)
After the victorious conclusion of the German-Danish War, Prussian troops marched through the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on December 7, 1864. It was the first in a series of three victory parades during the "German wars of unification" from 1864 to 1870-1871. Wood engraving after a drawing by Mende, 1864.