Bronze Medal, Munich. 1916.999.89

Physical Description

• Axis: 12

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 208.89
  • Diameter (in mm): 84

Typological Description

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

• Authority

  • Artist: Goetz, Karl
  • Issuer: German Empire

• Geographic

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

• Obverse

  • Symbol: KGOETZ

References

• Reference: AoD 7513.7155.135.c
• Reference: Kienast.135(a)
• Reference: Phagan.vanAlfen.2017.no.3

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1916.999.89
• Lot: 1916.999
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

The reverse inscription, �Ich hatt�einen Kameraden/|Einen bessern find�st du nit� (�I had|a comrade, a better one you will never find�),|are the first two lines of a traditional German|military lament composed by Ludwig Uhland|in 1809 and put to music by Friedrich Silcher|in 1825.

Subjects

• Event: German EmpireAustria-HungaryCentral Powers

Rights

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