Watch List notes:

GERMANY, Weimar Republic. Twentieth Anniversary of Bismarck's Interment in the Bismarck Mausoleum. Cast Æ Medal (106mm, 333.5 g, 12h). By K. Goetz. Dally dated 1 April 1899 and 1919. Facing head of Otto von Bismarck, with fists raised in frustration among swirling clouds; below, WAS ICH MIT/HÜLFE DES DEUTSCHEN VOLKES SCHUF/IN GROSSER ZEIT – DAS HAT DER WAHN/EINES EINZELNEN ZERSTÖRT • DAS DEUT-/SCHE VOLK HAT SICH DVRCH VNTERZEICH-/NUNUNG DES FRIEDENS VON VERSAILLES/SELBST AUS DER REIHE DER GROSS-/MÄCHTE GESTRICHEN • WAR ES FRÜHER/GEHASST, SO WIRD ES JETZT MIT RECHT/VERACHTET • ES MUSS SICH SOGAR/SELBST VERACHTEN BIS DIESE/SCHMACH MIT DEM BLUTE UN-/SERER FEINDE ABGEWA-/WASCHEN (lion's paw) WIRD? (What I created with the help of the German people over a long period of time – this the delusion of an individual has destroyed. The German people, through the signature of the Peace of Versailles have stricken themselves from the roll of great powers. What was formerly hated, will now with justification be despised. It must, therefore, despise itself so much until this disgrace will be cleansed with the blood of our enemies?) in fourteen lines; 19 19 flanking Bismarck's head / The mausoleum of Bismarck set in the Saxon Forest; Bismarck coat-of-arms before; K GOETZ to left; below, DEUTSCHLANDS EHRE, GRÖSSE/VND GLÜCK BEGRABEN/IM SACHSENWALDE/1. April 1899 in four lines. Kienast 230. Dark brown surfaces, lightly worn at high points. As made.

From the PS Collection of Medals of the Great War.