GERMANY, German Empire. The End of the Gallipoli Campaign, 9 January 1916. Cast Æ Medal (57mm, 61.85 g, 12h). By Karl Goetz. Dated 1916. DIE MONDSÜCH/TIGEN · AVF/GALLIPOLI (The Moonstrucks on Gallipoli), British soldier standing right on crescent moon, holding steamship; below, French soldier kneeling right, preparing to fire rifle / Two skeletons lying exposed on battlefield; pipe between; crosses stretching backward along horizon above; K G to left and right; star-in-crescent flanked by 1915 and 1915 . Kienast –, but see p. 156, op. 169. Brown surfaces. As made.
From the PS Collection of Medals of the Great War.