GERMANY, Weimar Republic. French Destruction of German Monuments. Cast Æ Medal (60mm, 68.58 g, 12h). By Karl Goetz. Dated 1920. As made.

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The PS Collection of Medals of the Great War, Bronze

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GERMANY, Weimar Republic. French Destruction of German Monuments. Cast Æ Medal (60mm, 68.58 g, 12h). By Karl Goetz. Dated 1920. DIE RACHE DER · FRAN ZOSEN (The Revenge of the French), French soldier, smoking cigarette, seated left on broken monuments inscribed DEN/TAPFERN/KÄMPFER/SOMM[E] (To the Brave Fighter – Somme) and STURM/AUF DEM/KEMMEL/1918 (Storm on the Kemmel 1918), juggling two skulls and pickelhaube; to right, clenched fist rising from rubble and grain ear; 1920 in exergue / DER TOTEN GRÆBER (The Gravedigger), same French soldier seated on ground with shovel, holding skull wearing pickelhaube; skull with banner inscribed HEUT AN MIR/MOGEN AN DIR (Today on me; tomorrow on you) clenche in teeth; in background, broken tombstone inscribed HIER/RUHEN/DEUTSCHE/HELDEN (); K ·G to right. Kienast 273. Brown surfaces. As made.

From the PS Collection of Medals of the Great War. Ex Goldberg 78 (28 January 2014), lot 3090.


Closing Date and Time: 14 December 2022 at 15:11:20 ET.

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