Bronze Medal of German Empire, Berlin, 1914 1984.92.1

Physical Description

• Axis: 12

• Measurements

  • Diameter: 115
• SerialNumber: 1914-1915

Typological Description

Source: AoD 7513.121523.4.e

• Object Type: Medal
• Date: 1914

• Date on Object

  • Date: 1914
• Manufacture: Cast
• Material: Bronze

• Edge

  • Description: A.LÖWENTHAL -- GRÜHNTHAL

• Geographic

  • Mint: Berlin

• Authority

  • Artist: Löwental, Arthur
  • Maker: Robert Ball
  • Authority: German Empire

References

• Reference: AoD 7513.121523.4.e
• Reference: Schulman 65.668
• Reference: cf Zetzmann.4025
• Reference: Phagan vanAlfen.2017.no.5

Administrative History

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

• Provenance

  • Grunthal, H.

Subjects

• SubjectEvent: Battle of Tannenberg
• SubjectPerson: Paul von Hindenburg
• SubjectPlace: Olsztyn

Notes

• 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)
• Rights: Copyright Undetermined