Max Lange 1917
TOBOLY — Cast iron medal, blackened. 93.00 mm; 262.4 g. Fast gussfrisch (near as-cast).
Obverse: On ground-line, infantryman standing full front, legs wide apart, head wearing
Stahlhelm in profile to left, slung rifle, holding
Stielgranate (stick-grenade) with left hand, right hand and arm across body to arm it for throwing; title inscription left and right, respectively, at thigh-level; artist's signature LANGE under ground-line right; raised rim.
Reverse: Skeletons of tree in blighted landscape; raised rim.
Cf: Klose, Dietrich O. A. 2016. Europas Verderben 1914 1918: Deutsche und österreichische Medaillen auf den Ersten Weltkrieg, p 154: 11.15 (listed example 33 mm diameter).Commemorates German capture of the Toboly-Helenin bridgehead in the Ukraine, April 1917, in which 130 Russian officers and 9500 troops were taken prisoner, along with a large amount of matériel.
