CNG 91, Lot: 1667. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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GERMANY, Weimarer Republik. 1918-1933. Æ Medal (60mm, 70.03 g, 12h). Bismarck’s Memoirs, Volume III. By K. Goetz. Dated 1921. BISMARCK’S • VERMÆCHTNIS (
Bismarck’s legacy...), the third volume in Bismarck’s ‘Reflections and Reminisces,’ chained next to imperial crown; in two lines in exergue, DEM DEUTSCHEN/VOLKE (
...to the German people) / NICHTS FVER EVCH DEVTSCHE (
“not for you Germans”), imperial judge standing facing, head left, repelling the German Michel from Bismarck’s memoirs; Bismarck himself cowering under table. Kienast 278. EF.
Duplicates from the Kisch Medal Collection sold on behalf of the American Numismatic Society.