Secessionist Medals

Secessionist Artists - WWI 1914 -1918 => Walther Eberbach 1866-1944 => Topic started by: Haarmann on May 18, 2013, 01:52:14 PM

Title: "Englands Gruss an die neutrale Tubantia"
Post by: Haarmann on May 18, 2013, 01:52:14 PM

Walther Eberbach

"Englands Gruss an die neutrale Tubantia"

DS-107

1916, Blackened Cast Iron, 69.9mm, 87.1g., VZ , Frankenhuis 1496

Obverse : Death, seated, in right hand a torpedo, in 1eft, a bomb ; S.S. Tubantia sailing in the distance. In border, "Englands Gruss an die neutrale Tubantia" (England's greeting to the neutral S.S. Tubantia).

Reverse:: Within a hexagonal cartridge, "Es kann der Beste nicht im Frieden leben wenn es dem bösen Nachbar nicht gefeillt. 1916" (Even the best cannot live in peace if it does not please his evil neighbour