ADMIRAL ALFRED VON TIRPITZ
$795.00
K-155
(Zum Beginn des “U” – Bootkrieges)
1914
Cast bronze, Portrait Medallion, 81.3.mm, 180.70g, Frankenhuis 1425
Obverse: Bust 3/4 left, of Alfred von Tirpitz Gross Admiral.
Reverse: Neptune on a submarine, in left hand, a trident ; his right fist raised in victory over the sinking of a ship on the right horizon. Another ship in full sail awaits its demise from the sister German U-Boat to the right of Neptune’s upraised arm. In border, “Gott strafe England 18. Februar 1915” (God punish England Feb. 18, 1915). K•GOETZ in exergue.
First state; Bi-facial, hand-filed edge
Grade: Gussfrisch (As Cast)