GERMANY, German Empire. Prince Leopold von Bayern. Cast FE Medal (101mm, 294.70 g, 12h). By Franz Eue and Hugo Grünthal. Dated 5 August 1915. PRINZ LEOPOLD von BAYERN, uniformed bust facing, wearing pickelhaube and Pour le Mérite; Fr. Eue below; all within wreath / DER EROBERER VON WARSCAU (The conquerer of Warsaw), heroic fightter standing facing slightly right, holding sword set on ground; 5.8.1915 across field; city-view of Warsaw in background; Grünthal below; all within wreath. Cf. Zeitzmann 4097 (for issue in silver). Blask patina, slightly chipped at edge. As made. Very rare.
From the PS Collection of Medals of the Great War. Ex Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 76 (7 September 2016), lot 726.