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In remembrance of WWI 'Sachsentaler'

Location Germany (1871-1948)
Year 1918
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Weight 104.86 g
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Obverse description Dynamic high-relief scene depicting a charge of cavalry soldiers wearing Stahlhelm helmets, thrusting lances to the right on horseback. The legend 'SACHSEN-THALER' arcs along the upper border, with the dates '1914 - 1918' inscribed in the lower exergue.
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Reverse description Allegorical high-relief composition depicting a nude heroic male figure grappling with and restraining a skeletal personification of Death mounted on horseback and armed with a scythe. A fallen figure lies beneath the horse in the lower field. The reverse field is otherwise plain, with no legend.
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