Heil dir im Siegerkranz
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"Heil dir im Siegerkranz" was the imperial anthem of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918, and previously the royal anthem of Prussia from 1795 to 1918.
Postcard c. 1900
God Save the King
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"God Save the King" is the national anthem of the United Kingdom. It is one of the two national anthems of New Zealand and the royal anthem of the Isle of Man, Australia, Canada and some other Commonw
Heil dir im Siegerkranz
…had been the royal anthem of Prussia since 1795 and remained as the royal anthem after 1871. The melody of the hymn derived from the British anthem "God Save the King". For these reasons, the song failed to become popular within all of Germany. Not only did it fail to win the support of most German nationalists, but…
The phrase "God Save the King" in use as a rallying cry to the support of the monarch and the UK's forces during the First World War
Royal Marines and bluejackets aboard HMS Royal Oak being served their rum rations from a rum tub inscribed with "God save the King" (1916)
Stratford-upon-Avon Town Hall (built 1767), bearing the painted slogan, "God Save the King"
The fourth Hickson verse (with "o'er" misspelled as "o're") on a British-American friendship plaque in St Nicholas' Church, Charlwood, Surrey