The Flensburg Lion

en: Isted Lion
da: Istedløven
de: Flensburger Löwe (auch: Idstedt Löwe))

Monument created in the 1860s by en:Herman Wilhelm Bissen, da:Herman Wilhelm Bissen, de:Herman Wilhelm Bissen. The monument stood in Flensburg until 1864, in Berlin until 1945, in Copenhagen until 2011 and stands today back in Flensburg . In 1874, a copy was made in Berlin, and it still stands there.

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  Istedløven in Flensburg, ca. 1863

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  The lion in Berlin, 1942

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  U.S. General Ray W. Barker officially returned the lion to King Christian X on October 20, 1945.

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  Copy from 1874 in Berlin, after its restoration in 2005

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  Copy from 1874 in Berlin, after its restoration in 2005

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  Original lion in Copenhagen, 2007, in front of the Royal Danish Arsenal Museum

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  Close-up

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  Side view

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  Original lion in Copenhagen, in front of the Royal Danish Arsenal Museum

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  Original lion in Copenhagen, 2009, in front of the Royal Danish Arsenal Museum