UNITED STATES. Cast Iron Medal (56mm, 42.62 g, 12h). The Searching of the Mail. By K. Goetz. Dated 1916. INTERESSEN GEMEIN SCHAFT VERBIETET SCHON (
“Common interest forbids...”), President Woodrow Wilson facing slightly right, pointing and holding inverted top hat / SCHARFEN PROTEST AN ALBION (
“...too sharp a protest against Great Britain”), an allegorical figure representing Great Britain, carrying two bags of mail away from an American ship. Kienast 177. EF, dark brown surfaces, light filing on the edge at 12h.
