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K-294
Bloodsucker on the Rhine (Blutsauger am Rhein)
1923, Cast Bronze, 61.5mm (Oversized), 65.5g.
Obverse: Crying German infant lying on grape branch, head left. A Giant blood-sucking leech feeding ravenously from the infant's abdomen. Above leech the insignia of the French Republic. Text: BLUTSAUGER AM RHEIN
Reverse: The last penny is squeezed out of the German Michel lying under the huge screw press. Text: BOCHES' FEST AUSGEPRESST
Karl couldn't have found a more effective iconography to display the German's view of reparations and the effect they would have on them and on their childrens, children.
Generously oversized example.
Grade: VZ (XF)
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