The Medals of Karl Goetz

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Origin/Country: GERMANY - GOETZ MEDALS
Item Description: Bronze BRONZE 1918-DATED KIENAST-201 NEW YEAR
Full Grade: NGC MS 62 BN
Owner: World_Coin_Nut

Set Details

Custom Sets: The Medals of Karl Goetz
WCN - Medals of the World
Competitive Sets: This coin is not competing in any sets.
Research: NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC World Coin Census

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GERMANY, German Empire. New Year’s Day 1918. Cast Æ Medal (88mm, 201.12 g, 12h). By Karl Goetz. Dated 1 January 1918. ZVM 1. JANVAR 1918, German soldier standing facing on battlefield, holding sword to breast as cross; emblems of art and science to left and right; in five lines across field, GANZ = EVROPA/DIE GAN-ZE WELT/DIE GAN-ZE WELT/WIRD = DEVTSCH/WER DEN! (all Europe, the whole world, the whole world shall become German!); K · GOETZ to lower right / Large oak tree; below, monument of Henrich Heine decorated with radiant eye and inscribed HEIN/RICH/HEINE/–/1844; in six lines across field, VON DIESER SENDVNG V/VNIVERSAL HERRSCHAFT/DEVTSCH LANDS/TRÆVME ICH OFT/WENN ICH VNTER/EICHEN WANDLE (of this mission and universal power of Germany I often dream while walking under oaks). Edge: K · GOETZ. Kienast 201. Brown surfaces, traces of deposits. As made.

From the PS Collection of Medals of the Great War. Ex Westfälische Auctionsgesellschaft 58 (13 September 2011), lot 2732.

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