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Entry into WWI of the United States of America
| Location | Germany (1871-1948) |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Advertising medallion |
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| Obverse description | A barge laden with artillery pieces, shells, and circular munitions is depicted in the lower field, navigated across water by a grotesque rabbit-headed figure at left with open mouth, rendered as a satirical allegory of American arms supply. The New York skyline with densely packed skyscrapers fills the background in high relief. The dates 1914 and 1917 appear in the lower exergue, with the designer's initials in the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1914 1917 L. G. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is the uninscribed cast back of the medal, showing a mirror-image impression of the obverse composition in lower relief, including the barge with munitions, the rabbit-headed figure, and the suggestion of the skyline, typical of a two-piece sand-cast production. The field is otherwise plain and unfinished. |
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