What emerges, instead, from these pages is an almost sculptural, three-dimensional rendering of Frederick, one that enables its vast and protean subject to be viewed from a multiplicity of angles – as ...

But the works’ popular title comes from its association with Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg and uncle of Prussia’s Friedrich Wilhelm I, the Soldier King. Bach travelled from Cöthen ...

A silver cross pattee with gilt crossed swords between the arms. Obverse: In the centre disc the crowned red eagle of Brandenburg, above a green laurel branch, charged with a small white and black ...