TWENTY YEARS OF BISMARCK’S DEATH
$275.00
TWENTY YEARS OF BISMARCK’S DEATH
K-216
(Bismarck, 20 Jahre nach meinem Tode)
1918
Cast bronze, Commemorative medal, 58.0mm, 63.40g, Frankenhuis 1491.
Obverse: Bismarck’s head issuing from clouds. Inscription, “20 Jahre nach meinem Tode will ich aufstehen aus meinem Sarge urn zu sehen ob Deutschland in Ehren vor der Welt bestanden hat oder nicht — Bismarck” (Twenty years after my death I will arise to see whether or not Germany has maintained her honor before the world. Date, 1898.
Reverse: Horse, symbolic of government, mounted by a male figure in balloon hat (Social Democrat). In the foreground, Germania, her hand before her eyes, averts her face from this scene. On the ground lie the imperial crown and sword, Date, 1918. K GOETZ in exergue.
Grade: VZ