Bronze Medal, France. 1996.999.271

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Diameter (in mm): 29

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal

• Date on Object

  • Date: 1915
• Manufacture: Struck

• Authority

  • Artist: Schwab, André Pierre

• Geographic

  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: France
  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: Third French Republic

• Obverse

  • Legend: IL N'EST DE BON BOCHE OUE BOCHE MORT
  • Type: Facing skull of German soldier wearing a Pickelhaube (“spiked helmet”)

References

• Reference: AoD 6185.1938.2.a [http://numismatics.org/aod/id/6185.1938.2.a]
• Reference: Phagan.vanAlfen.2017.no.47
• Reference: Kluge.Weisser.2014.no.B18

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1996.999.271
• Lot: 1996.999
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

The derogatory French term boche for a German|is roughly equivalent to the American|derogatory term �hun�; the inscription might|then be translated: �The only good hun is a|dead hun.� A version of this medal was struck|during WWII, featuring the skull now wearing|a WWII Stalhelm with a swastika and|with the English inscription: �The Good German|is the Dead German.�

Rights

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