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    VATERCHEN SORGT FÜR DIE SEINEN

    DS-85

    1916, Blackened Cast Iron, 69.5mm, 86.7g., VZ, Frankenhuis 1498

    Obverse : Death, with a Russian cap, prepares to mow down Polish and Lithuanian refugees with his scythe. In the background a burning Russian city. Inscription: "Veiterchen sorgt fiir die Seinen" (The Little Father cares for his people — The Russians call the Czar "Little Father"). W.Eberbach in exergue.

    Reverse:: Pentagonal cartridge inscribed, "Dem Friedensczar Nicolaus II v. Russland" (Peace Czar Nicholas II of Russia) over flower blossom.
VATERCHEN SORGT FÜR DIE SEINEN
« on: May 18, 2013, 01:39:41 PM »

Walther Eberbach

VATERCHEN SORGT FÜR DIE SEINEN

DS-85

1916, Blackened Cast Iron, 69.5mm, 86.7g., VZ, Frankenhuis 1498

Obverse : Death, with a Russian cap, prepares to mow down Polish and Lithuanian refugees with his scythe. In the background a burning Russian city. Inscription: "Veiterchen sorgt fiir die Seinen" (The Little Father cares for his people — The Russians call the Czar "Little Father"). W.Eberbach in exergue.

Reverse:: Pentagonal cartridge inscribed, "Dem Friedensczar Nicolaus II v. Russland" (Peace Czar Nicholas II of Russia) over flower blossom.
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