Richard Klein 1915
GOTT — MIT — VNS / EUROPÄISCHER KRIEG (God is with us / European war). Cast iron, blackened, 67.67 mm, 60.16 g. Vorzüglich (extremely fine).
Obverse: War, or Second Horseman of the Apocalypse, personified by helmeted, naked man mounted on rearing horse to left; sword in right hand resting on right shoulder, flaming torch in left; in background, burning city; year-date 1914 in exergue; artist's initials RK lower right.
Reverse: Center of field diagonally crossed garlanded sword and sheaf of wheat bound together with ribbon from which Iron Cross hangs; title legend upper and lower edges, respectively; year date ✹19 — 15✹ inscription center, separated by image.
Cf: Schulman. 1917. La Guerre Européenne, Catalogue LXVII, p. 76: no. 683. Iron example.
Cf: Bernhart, Max. 1917. Die Münchener Medaillenkunst der Gegenwart, pl. 31, nos. 192 (obverse illustrated).
Cf: Frankenhuis, M. 1919(?). Catalogue of Medals - Medalets and Plaques Relative to the World War 1914 - 1919, p. 98: no. 756.
Cf: Klose, Dietrich O. A. 2016. Europas Verderben 1914 1918: Deutsche und österreichische Medaillen auf den Ersten Weltkrieg, p. 268: 22.8. Bronze example.
