TOWN AND COUNTRY
$395.00
K-219
(Stadt und Land)
1919
Cast bronze, Satirical medal, 58.5mm, 69.10g.
Obverse: In town a line of hungry people, some very gaunt, wait in front of a butcher shop to receive their assigned food rations. Inscription in exergue “Stadt” (Town), K•G to left of exergue.
Reverse: In the country a fat farmer sits at a table while his heavy-set wife brings him a heaping bowl of steaming food. Under the table a cat is drinking from a full bowl of milk, which the town children are lacking. On the wall, under a hanging crucifix is the date, 1919. Inscription in exergue, “Und Land” (and Country).
A beautiful and unscathed example of this issue. Housed in the safety of our collection since 2005.
Grade: Gussfrisch: (As Cast)
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