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Start of World War I
Location | Germany
(1871-1948) |
Year | 1914 |
Type | Commemorative medal |
Composition | Bronze |
Weight | 218.34 g |
Diameter | 94 mm |
Thickness | |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Cast |
Orientation | |
Edge | |
Period | |
Notice | Friedrich Wilhelm Hörnlein |
Reference(s) | AFA#118 |
Obverse description | Wrestler with billowing robe to the left, choking two snakes. |
Obverse lettering | 1914
HÖRNLEIN |
Obverse script | Latin |
Reverse description | 10-line inscription, palm branches above and below. |
Reverse lettering | VND WENN
DIE WELT VOLL
TEVFEL WÄR VND
WOLLT VNS GAR
VERSCHLINGEN
SO FÜRCHTEN WIR
VNS NICHT SO
SEHR ES SOLL
VNS DOCH GE-
LINGEN |
Reverse script | Latin |
Engraver | Carl Poellath Münz- und Prägewerk, Schrobenhausen, Germany (1778-date) |
Mintage | 1914 - -
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Catalog ID | 3434655540 |
Comments | |