Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Medal - Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
| Location | Germany (1871-1948) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Period | Log in to see details |
| Notice | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | High-relief uniformed bust of Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg facing slightly left, wearing a military peaked cap and uniform with high collar. The name legend is arranged vertically on either side of the effigy within a beaded border, with the engraver's signature Fr. EUE visible in the lower field. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Full-length figure of a German infantryman in Pickelhaube helmet striding left in a dynamic striking pose, raising his rifle with both hands as if in combat. A two-column inscription in the field flanks the figure on both sides, with the date 4.8.1914 in the lower right field and the maker's signature OERTEL BERLIN in the lower left. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | WER WIE WIR, UM DAS HÖCHSTE KÄMPFT, DARF NUR DARAN DENKEN WIE ER SICH DURCH-HAUT. 4.8.1914 OERTEL BERLIN |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |