Silver Medal, Berlin. 0000.999.34648

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Diameter (in mm): 16

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Silver

• Authority

  • Artist: Kube, Rudolf
  • Issuer: German Empire

• Geographic

  • Place of Production: Berlin
  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: Germany

References

• Reference: AoD 7513.1.11212.1048.a
• Reference: Frankenhuis.1192
• Reference: Zetzmann.1048

Administrative History

• Identifier: 0000.999.34648
• Lot: 0000.999
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

German First World War patriotic 'Victory' medalet (or 'Victory penny', designed to be worn on a watch chain) , number 46 (?) in a series of over a hundred coin-sized pieces in silver, chronicling German naval and military successes, and those of her allies, in the first two years of the First World War. The obverse bears the standard design for the series, a winged figure of Victory holding a flaming sword and victor's laurel wreath crown together with the variant inscription 'GOTT SEGNETE DIE VEREINIGTEN HEERE' ('God hath blessed the allied Armies'). The reverse text commemorates the Turkish victory over Russian forces in the Caucasus Mountains and is translated as 'Turkish victory near Karaklissa in the Caucasus on 5 November 1914'.

Subjects

• Event: Bergmann Offensive

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
• License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
• Rights: Copyright Undetermined