Statue of Marshal Keith, Peterhead explained

Monument Name:Statue of Marshal Keith
Location:Broad Street
Peterhead
Scotland
Type:Statue
Material:Zinc
Open:1868
Dedicated To:James Francis Edward Keith

The Statue of Marshal Keith is a Category B listed monument on Broad Street in Peterhead, Scotland, dedicated to James Keith, a Scottish soldier and Generalfeldmarschall of the Royal Prussian Army. The statue, which stands in front of the Peterhead Town House and faces east (Keith's head is turned to the northeast), was presented by William I, German Emperor.[1] It is a zinc[2] replica of one made of marble that originally stood in Wilhelmplatz, Berlin,[3] but is now in that city's Bode Museum.[4]

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  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=XGzZd_G13toC&q=Statue+of+Field+Marshal+Keith Fraser's Magazine, Volume 78 (James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, J. Fraser, 1868)
  2. https://www.buchanobserver.co.uk/news/rallying-call-restore-statue-field-marshal-james-keith-2290230 "Rallying call to restore statue of Field Marshal James Keith"
  3. http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB39675 STATUE OF FIELD MARSHALL KEITH LB39675
  4. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-scot/from-prussia-with-love-the-scot-who-ruled-berlin-idUSL2430543020071029 "From Prussia with love: the Scot who ruled Berlin"