Watch List notes:

CHINA: KIAUCHAU: medal (11.65g), 1914, Zetzmann 4060 (AR), Grönegress Coll. 1364, 33mm zinc medal for the Defense of Tsungtau by A. Hummel for Lauer, Nürnberg, nude warrior with sword and flag advancing left with fallen comrade behind and EINSTEHE FÜR / PFLICHTERFÜLLUNG / = BIS ZUM / AÜSSERSTEN in left field // DEUTSCHER / HELDEN / UNSTERBLICHER / RUHM / TSINGTAU / 1914 within oak wreath, some oxidation, plain edge, Unc. This medal commorated the soldiers who defended the German port of Tsingtau in China during the Japanese-British siege in 1914. The obverse text is from the telegram that Governor Meyer-Waldeck sent to Kaiser Wilhelm II at the beginning of the siege.