Isted lion

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Description: The Istedløven (Isted lion), a lion statue by Herman Wilhelm Bissen, which is a memorial of the battle of Isted (German: Idstedt). Sign reads: "Isted den 20. Juli 1850". First erected in 1862 in Flensburg, Schleswig (modern Germany), brought to Berlin in 1864 and since 1945 in Copenhagen. On September 10, 2011, the statue was brought back to Flensburg, now as a symbol of friendship between Denmark and Germany. There is a copy in Berlin today, the so-called Flensburg lion. Date: 5 January 2007. Source: Own work. Author: McLeod.