Watch List notes:

GERMANY, German Empire. Italy's Shift to the Allies. Cast Æ Medal (56mm, 58.30 g, 12h). By Karl Goetz. Dated 1915. ITALIEN'S POLITIK DER FREIEN HAND 1915 (Italy's Politics of the Free Hand), Italian in traditional costume and holding knife aloft, flying left on double headed imperial eagle; below, Russian bear with crowned head of Nicholas II holding on to globe inscribed GALIZ [I] EN with blast scar below / DREIBVNDSCHMAROTZER – TREVBVND – VER – ROTZER (Triple Alliance parasite – true alliance rotter), German and Austrian soldiers drive off Italian soldier, holding document inscribed TRIPO/LIS in two lines; K · G in exergue. Kienast 158. Brown surfaces, light wear at high points. As made.

From the PS Collection of Medals of the Great War.