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BERLIN.
Arsenal.
E. Wing. On entering from the E. Hall of the Generals, we have
the Oriental weapons to our right and the European to our left. Special
attention should be paid to the beautiful 15th cent, armour and the fine
gala suits of the 16th cent., mostly bequeathed by Prince Charles of
Prussia (d. 1883), and many of them adorned with reliefs. The chief
specimens are on or near the central pillars and by the windows. No. 60a.
helmet with the Judgment of Paris and Abduction of Helen; 59a & b. state
armour of Elector Joachim II., of 1539; 76. part of a suit of armour with
Roman battles; (window-side) 64. shield with the Judgment of Paris (after
Raphael), 73. with cavalry contest, 74. with engagement under the walls
of a fortress; 75. armour of Emperor Charles V.; 82. shields with Curtius
and Hercules; 84. field suit of Joachim II., 1560; shields with Horatius
Codes (87), and the Fall of the Giants (95); 105. armour of the Margrave
Hans of Kilstrin. — In the corner: ornamented cross-bows (125, 133) and
portable fire-arms (130-132), calendar blades (131).
S. Wing. Chiefly Prussian arms and uniforms up to the time of
Frederick the Great. In the middle of the side next the court are uni¬
forms and orders of the Emperors William I. and Frederick III., orders
of Bismarck and Moltke, and keys of the French fortresses captured in
1814 and 1870-71. — On the side next the street, near the middle; swords
(197) of the Brandenburg Electors, and (198) with portraits of Emperors
Leopold, Rudolph II., and Ferdinand II. — Beyond the centre, 232. sou¬
venirs of Derfflinger; 233. standards of Henning von Treffenfeld with
symbolic devices. These are followed by uniforms of the 18th century;
on case 278, ensign of a Prussian recruiting officer of the 18th century;
tigerskin and bearskin-cap of Zieten; 302-7. figures of the soldiers of
Frederick the Great. On the adjoining pillars are portraits of the tall
grenadiers of Frederick William I.
The W. Wing is specially devoted to arms and uniforms of the time
of the Wars of Liberation (1813 -1815). At the end of the side next the
street: 417. figures of Prussian soldiers of the period; 412. orders, hat,
and pistols of Napoleon I., captured at Waterloo; 411. uniforms of Fre¬
derick William III.; 423. souvenirs of Blucher. — On both sides of the
central passage are 68 *Lifesize Figures of Prussian Soldiers. Those to
the left represent soldiers from the time of the Great Elector down to
1806 and also the royal household troops; to the right, those from 1806
to the present time, ending with the troops in the colonies and the China
expedition (1900).
On the S. side of the Zeughaus - Platz is the Palace of the
Crown Prince (PI. R, 23), which is connected with the so-called
Palace of the Princesses by an arch over the Oberwall-Strasse.
Built in 1663 as a private mansion, it was rebuilt in 1732 for Fre¬
derick the Great when Crown Prince, and from 1793 to 1840 was
occupied by Frederick William III. In 1797 Emperor William I.
was born here.. It owes its present form to the alterations made in
1857 by Struck, who added the second story, and from 1858 to 1888
it was the winter residence of the Crown Prince Frederick William
(Emp. Frederick III.).
The last house on this side is the Residence of the Commandant
of Berlin. — Behind is the Schiukel-Platz, see p. 158.