Live auction - fme_892223 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - WILLIAM II Médaille, Torpillage du RMS Lusitania
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 50 € |
| Maximum bid : | 60 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 April 2024 18:09:36 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Médaille, Torpillage du RMS Lusitania
Date: (1915)
Metal : tin
Diameter : 54,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver GOETZ Karl (1875-1950)
Weight : 74,25 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Beaux reliefs. Présence de quelques taches d’oxydation au revers. Petite usure
Obverse
Obverse legend : GESCHAFT VBER ALLES // FAHRKARTEN / AUSGABE.
Obverse description : Des hommes achètent leur billet à la mort (squelette), signé : K. G..
Reverse
Reverse legend : KEINE BANN WARE’ // À L’EXERGUE : DER CROSS DAMPFER / LUSITANIA / DURCH EIN DEUTSHES / TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT / 5 MAI 1915.
Reverse description : Paquebot Lusitania coulant en mer.
Reverse translation : Pas de marchandise de contrebande! // Le paquebot Lusitania coulé par un sous-marin allemand le 5 mai 1915.
Commentary
Il s’agit d’une médaille anglaise de propagande anti-allemande réalisée par Karl Goetz. Elle reprend l’histoire du torpillage du paquebot Lusitania par un sous-marin allemand le 5 mai 1915.
Sur l’histoire du Lusitania, vous trouverez plus d’informations (en anglais) via ce lien : https://rcna.ca/sample/lusitania.php.
This is an English anti-German propaganda medal designed by Karl Goetz. It tells the story of the torpedoing of the passenger ship Lusitania by a German submarine on May 5, 1915. More information on the history of the Lusitania can be found at this link: https://rcna.ca/sample/lusitania.php
Sur l’histoire du Lusitania, vous trouverez plus d’informations (en anglais) via ce lien : https://rcna.ca/sample/lusitania.php.
This is an English anti-German propaganda medal designed by Karl Goetz. It tells the story of the torpedoing of the passenger ship Lusitania by a German submarine on May 5, 1915. More information on the history of the Lusitania can be found at this link: https://rcna.ca/sample/lusitania.php
Historical background
GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - WILLIAM II
(15/06/1888-9/11/1918)
William II (27/01/1859-4.06/1941) is the eldest son of Frederick and Victoria of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. He is therefore the grandson of Queen Victoria of England. Emperor in 1888, he let himself be drawn into the First World War by his staff and had to abdicate in 1918. He took refuge in the Netherlands and died in 1941.
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