AMERICA’S PEACE OBJECTIVES
$435.00
K-188
(Amerika’s Friedensziele)
1917
Cast bronze, satirical medal, 57.6mm, 66.76g, Frankenhuis 1466.
Obverse: Uncle Sam, in an armed merchant sailing vessel, trying to steer the ship from the stern while sitting backward to the bow. In border, “Friedensziele” (Objects of peace). K – G bisected by the sails.
Reverse: An Englishman, shipwrecked and drowning, is trying to catch a life-buoy marked,”Amerika“. In border, “3. Februar 1917“.
Created in response to the heightening of the crisis by receipt of a German submarine warfare note. Wilson submits a bill to arm merchant ships. The American ambassador is recalled from Germany.
Exquisite, deep patina with beautiful fabric. One of our favorites in the collection since 2007.
Grade: Gussfrisch (As Cast)