Watch List notes:

GERMANY, German Empire. Allies' Use of Native Colonials. Cast Æ Oval Medal (92mm, 99.37 g, 12h). By Karl Goetz. Dated 1914. KVLTVRTRÆGER (Carriers of culture), crowned bust of Nikolai II of Russia left bust of President of France Raymond Poincaré facing with hands on monarchs' shoulders, and crowned bust of George V of the United Kingdom right; between (from left to right), busts of African, Central Asian, Indonesian, and Asian / ZVR SCHANDE/SEI ES LAVT GESAGT,/ZVM SPOTTE –/ER WIRD IN EVCH NAGEN,/DASS I(HR) DIE WILDEN HORDEN JAGT (AV)F JENE –/DIE, KVLTVR NACH FERNSTEN/LA(ND)EN TRAGEN (Let it be said out loud in derision, "For Shame"– It will gnaw on you that for you the wild hordes hunt on those who carry culture to the furthest lands) in eight lines; K GOETZ in exergue. Kienast 140. Brown surface. As made.

From the PS Collection of Medals of the Great War.