VERDUN -1917
$895.00
K-196
(Und ruhig fliesst der Rhine)
1917
Cast, bronze verkupfert (coppered), Satirical medal, 57.80mm, 64.90g, Frankenhuis 1474.
Obverse: Death, wearing an English cap and smoking a pipe knees a bent and tethered Marianne on to the deadly war, her hair flowing and wearing Cap of Liberty (France). In border, “Verdun 1917”. Small exergue.
Reverse: Vignette composed of a human heart under Phrygian cap, pierced by a stick-pin and dripping blood, with the head of Clemenceau. Also a blazing torch of hatred, spectacles for short vision and a dying laurel branch. In exergue, “Und ruhig fliesst der Rhein” (And tranquil flows the Rhine). K – G to left and right of the vignette.
To record the senseless killing of young soldiers on both sides.
Fantastic fabric and skin. We have cherished having this example in our karlgoetz.com collection since 2007.
Grade: Gussfrisch (As Cast)