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Medal - Defense of Kiautschou against the Japanese
| Location | Germany (1871-1948) |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Composition | Silver (.900) |
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| Obverse description | A stooped figure in military uniform, representing an Englishman, urges a soldier in Japanese uniform to climb a large oak tree, whose lower branches bear three hanged figures in various uniforms. Perched prominently at the top of the tree in high relief is the German imperial eagle, symbolizing German defiance. The scene is rendered in detailed pictorial relief within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ANDENKEN AN DIE DENKWÜRDIGEN TAGE PARIS OKTOBER 1896· ST. PETERSBURG AUGUST 1897. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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