Bronze Medal of German Empire, Berlin, 1914 1984.92.1

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Obverse: GENERALOBERST -- VON . HINDENBURG - Facing bust
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Reverse: DER . RUSSEN . BEZWINGER -- OSTPREUSSENS . BEFREIER/ in field, TANNEN/ BERG -- ORTELS/ BURG/ 1914 - Medieval soldier (alluding to the 1410 Battle of Grunwald) standing with large sword in hands over shoulder; with reed bed to l. of body of water and burning village to r.

Physical Description

  • Axis: 12

  • Measurements

    • Diameter: 115
  • SerialNumber: 1914-1915

Typological Description

Source: AoD 7513.121523.4.e

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Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1984.92.1
  • Department: Medal
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Grunthal, H.

Subjects

Notes

  • Note: This German victory over Russia was often used in propaganda as 'revenge' for German loss of 1410 Battle of Grunwald during the Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War.

Rights

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