617811 Coat of arms of Posen, c.1898 (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Former province of the Kingdom of Prussia, at present in Western Poland; the arms shown here showing the Prussian eagle with the arms of Greater Poland (Wielkopolska) as an escutcheon were used after 1818 until 1918 during the period when Posen was part of the German Empire; the historical Polish name for the province is Wielkopolska (Greater Poland) - Grosspolen in German; ); Prismatic Pictures ; German, out of copyright.