Above the door is a representation of Germania reaching for her weapons. Her gown is decorated with the emblematic eagle. Father Rhine is recognisable by the grapevine adorning him, on his head is a crown of vine leaves. Behind him children play, and fishermen and craftsmen are talking together and working. Seated on a cloud, Napoleon, who is dressed as one of the ancients, is threatening Germania. In his entourage we recognise Marianne, the allegorical figure of France. She is waving the French tricolor and following her are the figures for Hunger, Death, and - armed with a whip - Plague. Dashing to the aid of Germania is Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia dressed in the uniform of the Hussars and holding the marshall's baton, accompanied by cavalry and infantry. Also the worker, meaning here the munitions industry, is reaching for his weapon: the hammer.

Amidst cheering from various representatives of the German army, Crown Prince Friedrich of Prussia and the Bavarian Commander General von Hartmann are sealing with a handshake the amalgamation of the North German and South German states. In the shadow of a captured French tricolor can be seen the profile of the overthrown Emperor Napoleon III. Behind the Prussian herald, the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and the Bavarian General von der Tann are about to shake hands. His left hand is already pointing to the foundation of the Empire. In the finished mosaic his outstretched left hand was moved back, and at the wish of the Kaiser, the portrait of Field Marshall General von Manteuffel was inserted. The Grand Duke was then replaced with the Prussian General von Werder, next to the Bavarian. The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg is now positioned behind the herald.

Upon the throne of the new Empire is a woman. She is about to accept the crown from a Bavarian envoy. She especially embodies Germania with the imperial coat of arms, but also Borussia, who is now awarded the crown. In this frieze, Werner reused the figures from his painting "The Emperor's Proclamation". Alongside Bismarck stand General Field Marshall von Moltke, General Field Marshall Count of Roon, Crown Prince Friedrich of Prussia, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia and the Crown Prince of Saxony. To the right of the throne, the Grand Duke of Baden is making a toast to the foundation of the Empire. On the insistence of Wilhelm I, Werner was not allowed to picture him on this throne and the painter had to make do with Germania and the inscription "LOCO IMPERATORIS" at the base of the throne, meaning the general location from where the rule of empire originates. Wilhelm's demand was in keeping with the general tactful approach to the Bavarian King Ludwig II who demonstratively stayed away from the Emperor's Proclamation in Versailles in January 1871.

Rounding off the frieze in both form and content, the myth of Emperor Barbarossa in Kyffhäuser is depicted. The ravens are still circling above his head. He awakes after his sleep of almost a thousand years, when his bygone Empire is founded anew. The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, lost through the early death of Staufer Friedrich II (1100-1153) in Italy, has now been regained by Wilhelm I, often referred to as Barbablanca due to his white beard. Figures representing the states of Baden, Prussia and Würthemburg are now overrunning Barbarossa, hurrying to the assistance of the Germania from the first scene of the panorama.