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KARL GOETZ MEDALS. France - Germany - Great Britain - Italy - Russia - United States. Germany's Crucifixion Cast Bronze Medal, 1919. Munich Mint. NGC MS-65 Brown.
Kienast-224. 90mm. By Karl Goetz. Obverse: Bound semi-nude female (personification of Germany), with clothing being torn off by internal forces (communists and social-democrats) and her guilt being read to her; Reverse: The external forces: to left, Clemenceau (of France) and Lloyd George (of Great Britain) cast dice for the right to remove her loincloth; to right, Orlando (of Italy) and Wilson (of the United States) gaze upward toward the Bolshevik (of Russia) threat. A stunning Gem, offering deep brown surfaces.
Kienast-224. 90mm. By Karl Goetz. Obverse: Bound semi-nude female (personification of Germany), with clothing being torn off by internal forces (communists and social-democrats) and her guilt being read to her; Reverse: The external forces: to left, Clemenceau (of France) and Lloyd George (of Great Britain) cast dice for the right to remove her loincloth; to right, Orlando (of Italy) and Wilson (of the United States) gaze upward toward the Bolshevik (of Russia) threat. A stunning Gem, offering deep brown surfaces.
This type presents the sentiments of most Germans on their state of affairs in the year following the completion of World War I, with conflicts both internal and external raging and presenting chaos at every turn.
From the Richard Jewell Collection.
Estimate: $400.00- $600.00