COLONEL GENERAL – VON HINDENBURG
$695.00
(von Hindenburg, Generaloberst)
1914
Cast bronze, Portrait medal, 68.0mm, 101.50g, Frankenhuis 507.
Obverse: Within beaded perimeter a bust of General Oberst von Hindenburg. Inscribed; “Generaloberst • von • Hindenburg” K•GOETZ incised into truncation.
Reverse: Russian cavalry, put to flight in the Masurian Marshes. Legend: “Die Russische Narew-Armee vernichfet” (The Russian Narew-Army destroyed). In exergue,“28.-31. August 1914 — In den Seen Masurens” (In the Masurian Lakes).
This piece is a nice, oversized example above the normally recorded size of 65.0mm
Grade: VZ (XF)