Anna Führing

Frequently she represented on stage the figure of Germania, as for instance at a festival in Düsseldorf in 1891 when emperor Wilhelm II was in attendance.

Führing was the model for engraver Paul Eduard Waldraff [de] who designed the Germania series of definitive stamps that were first issued in 1900 and continued in use for 22 years.

She is depicted wearing an octagonal imperial crown, holding a sword and an olive branch] The Art Nouveau design was personally chosen by the emperor Wilhelm II.

[1][2] In 1899, she married Ferdinand von Strantz, the Director of the Hofoper of Berlin and 45 years her senior.

She henceforth carried the title Baronin Anna von Strantz-Führing; the couple had one daughter.