Watch List notes:

GERMANY, German Empire. Drawing Battle Lines. Cast Æ Medal (57mm, 67.32 g, 12h). By Karl Goetz. Dated 1914. German imperial eagle left, attacking Chimera (with heads of the Triple Entente – France, Great Britain, and Russia) / RVSSLAND/V(ND) · SEINVE · HENCKERS-/GESELLEN (serpent)/DER · REVDIGEN · HYDRA/RABGIERIG · BELLEN/AN · DEVTSCHEM/GEISTE · SOLLEN/ZERSCHELLEN/1914 ( Russia and its hangmen ––– the mangy hydra's rapacious barking on the German spirit shall be shattered) in nine lines; K · G · in exergue. Kienast 137. Brown surfaces, light rub on high point of eagle's leg. As made.

From the PS Collection of Medals of the Great War. Ex Goldberg 75 (24 September 2017), lot 4234.