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Electronic Auction 483  6 Jan 2021
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Lot 623

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 350 USD
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GERMANY, Kaiserreich. temp. Wilhelm II. 1888-1918. Cast Æ Medal (63mm, 70.33 g). Die Bombe. By Ludwig Geis. Cast late 1914. Group of armored pikemen advancing left, being impacting by exploding spherical bomb go left; below, DIE BOMBE / Blank. Edge: C.POELLATH SCROBENH. Brown surfaces. EF.

The scene of medieval pikemen being killed by an exploding bomb can be taken as an allegory for the modern machine warfare of 1914.
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