Statue of Marshal Keith

Statue of Marshal Keith - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

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.Fraser's Magazine, Volume 78 (James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, J. Fraser, 1868) – Google Books It is a zinc"Rallying call to restore statue of Field Marshal James Keith" – Buchan Observer, 29 April, 2014 replica of one made of marble that originally stood in Wilhelmplatz, Berlin,STATUE OF FIELD MARSHALL KEITH LB39675 – Historic Environment Scotland but is now in that city's Bode Museum."From Prussia with love: the Scot who ruled Berlin" – Reuters, 29 October 2007 Read more on Wikipedia

type: monument
date from: 1868

Source: en.wikipedia.org