TODAY IN BERLIN: THE LAST CAST IN INVALIDENSTRAßE

On this day, January 5, 1874 Berlin’s Royal Prussian Iron Foundry - the famous Königlich Preußische Eisengießerei - with its seat in Invalidenstraße 92 (now No. 43-44) closed down after 70 years of service. In that time it produced not only the most desirable Prussian military orders, the Eiserne Kreuz (Iron Cross) - introduced in 1813 by King Friedric…