GERMANY, German Empire. Russia Falling Out of the War. Cast FE Medal (86mm, 153.78 g, 12h). By Karl Goetz. Dated 1917. As made.

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Lot: 914. Estimated: $ 250

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GERMANY, German Empire. Russia Falling Out of the War. Cast FE Medal (86mm, 153.78 g, 12h). By Karl Goetz. Dated 1917. WIE LANGE NOCH? (For how much longer?), skeleton wearing British cap and holding hour glass, standing left and taking pulse of fallen giant (Russia) left, crushing the other Allies beneath; monkey, clutching giant’s head, looking at hour glass in horror; K G to lower left / GUT GEBRÜLLT, LÖWE! 1917 (well bellowed, lion), British soldier seated facing holding salver draped with colors of the United States, and holding medallions naming American nations; on salver stand or sit figures of Neutrals (Spain, China, Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Switzerland); at feet, lies broken statue of Pallas. Kienast 198. Black surfaces. As made.

From the PS Collection of Medals of the Great War.


Closing Date and Time: 14 December 2022 at 15:04:20 ET.

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