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Medal - Bloodsucker on the Rhine
| Location | Germany (1871-1948) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | A large leech rendered in high relief coils around a struggling nude child figure, with a bunch of grapes in the lower left field. The legend arcs around the upper and lower rim, with a monogram at the top of the field. |
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| Reverse description | A caricatured figure of German Michel is shown crushed within a screw press in the center of the field, with coins falling beneath. Two helmeted French soldier heads flank the press at left and right, gloating. The date 1923 appears in the field below the legend, and the designer's initials appear at lower right. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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