Bronze Medal, Munich. 1979.38.374

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Diameter (in mm): 87

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal

• Date on Object

  • Date: 1918
• Manufacture: Cast
• Material: Bronze

• Authority

  • Artist: Goetz, Karl
  • Issuer: German Weimar Republic

• Geographic

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

• Obverse

  • Type: Medieval soldier with spear and shield on which Cologne coat of arms; Cologne cathedral and Rhein River behind

• Reverse

  • Legend: AUS RUFUNG DER DEUTSCHEN REPUBLIK AUF DEM NEUEN MARKT IN KOELN 9.NOVEMBER 1918
  • Type: Crowd assembled in Cologne center

References

• Reference: AoD 7513.7155.275.a [http://numismatics.org/aod/id/7513.7155.275.a]
• Reference: Kienast.275

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1979.38.374
• Lot: 1979.38
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

Rights

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