Watch List notes:

GERMANY, German Empire. Conditions of Armistice. Cast Æ Medal (59mm, 61.48 g, 12h). By Karl Goetz. Dated 11 November 1918. EIN 70 MILLIONEN VOLK, LEIDET –/ABER STIRB NICHT in two lines below (A nation of 70 millions suffers – but does not die), numerous hands raised in clenched fists / WAFFENSTILL STANDSBEDINGVNG/11.NOVEMBER 1918 (Armistice condition), Uncle Sam (United States) binds together the feet Deutscher Michel (Germany) while John Bull (Great Britain), holding Marshal Foch, who strangles him with his rifle ; FOCH HAT DAS/– WORT – (Foch has the word) in two lines in exergue. Kienast 215. Brown surfaces. As made.

From the PS Collection of Medals of the Great War.