Josef Gangl. 1914. DEUTSCHLAND / DEUTSCHLAND / ÜBER — ALLES (Germany, Germany above all else). Cast bronze, dark brown patina, gilded lettering and images on reverse, 101 mm, 285.96 g. Vorzüglich (extremely fine).
Obverse: On ground-line three naked men combat each other with two-handed broadswords; behind them fourth man semi-recumbent feebly raises broken sword with left hand, his severed right hand beside him; year-date 1 9 1 4 inscribed in exergue; artist's signature JOS GANGL inscribed vertically lower right; raised rim.
Reverse: Three-line title inscription spanning central field; imperial crown center above inscription; four-pointed radiant star below; lettering and images gilded; raised rim.
Cf: Bernhart, Max. 1915.
Kriegsmedaillen bayerischer Künstler, pl. III, no. 22 (obverse illustrated).
Cf: Schulman. 1919.
La Guerre Européenne, Catalogue LXXV, p. 27: no. 237.
Cf:Bernhart, Max. 1917.
Die Münchener Medaillenkunst der Gegenwart, pl. 12, no. 90 (obverse illustrated).
Cf: Frankenhuis, M. (1919?).
Catalogue of Medals - Medalets and Plaques Relative to the World War 1914 - 1919, p. 80: no. 599 (mis-attributed to J. Bangl).
