Warmongering `Kriegshetze`

€406,630.00
LocationGermany (1871-1948)
Year1914-1915
TypeCommemorative medal
CompositionIron
Weight23.62 g
Diameter50.5 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueCast
Orientation
EdgePlain with inscription. Script: Latin Lettering: C.POELLATH SCHROBENHAUSEN
Period
NoticeLudwig Gies
Reference(s) Ernsting#74, Frankenhuis#1354
Obverse descriptionImage of a large head with distorted features, profile right, wearing a flat helmet with spike and chin-strap. The severed head is held above the anxious and gesticulating crowd on a pike, as is a clenched gauntlet. The men and women carry flags and banners.
Obverse letteringKRIEGS HETZE L. G.
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionBlank.
Reverse lettering
Reverse script
EngraverCarl Poellath Münz- und Prägewerk, Schrobenhausen, Germany (1778-date)
MintageND (1914-1915)  - -
Catalog ID2780769930
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