GERMANY, German Empire. General Fieldmarshal Gustav Adolf Joachim Rüdiger von der Goltz. Cast FE Medal (98mm, 220.30 g, 12h). By Max Lange. Dually dated 1914 and 1916. GEN. FELDMARS(CH)ALL • FRHR. von der GOLTZ, uniformed bust right; Max Lange/1916 in two lines below / Nude blacksmith standing left, leaning on hammer set on anvil and handing sword to nude male standing right and leaning on shield set on ground ; shield decorated with star-in-crescent; 1914 in exergue. Frankenhuis 571; Steguweit 76. Gray and black patina. As made. Rare.
From the PS Collection of Medals of the Great War. Ex Stack's Bowers (26 February 2020), lot 70644.