Herzlich Grüße aus den schönen Dessau, sendet Dir lieber Bruder Deine Schwester Elisabeth.
    Es grüßt herzlich Paul Hahn.

Heartfelt greetings from beautiful Dessau, for you, dear brother from your sister, Elisabeth.
    Also greetings from Paul Hahn

This mounted statue of Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt originally was in the gardens behind the palace in Dessau. Raised in 1907, it was demolished (and melted down) in the 1940s.