Secessionist Medals

Secessionist Artists - WWI 1914 -1918 => Wilhelm Hejda => Topic started by: Haarmann on January 05, 2020, 10:19:42 PM

Title: Unsere Kriegs Marine, 1917
Post by: Haarmann on January 05, 2020, 10:19:42 PM
 


Wilhelm Hejda - 1917,

Cast Zinc Medallion, 89.8mm, 226.6g., Frankenhuis 411. Ex Pellegrini Collection

Obverse:  Two sailors, — on one side a female figure holding a laurel wreath in both hands. In exergue, "Unsere Kriegs Marine" (Our War Marine).

Reverse:  Red Cross with dates, 1914-1915--1916-1917, in the center, cyphers K .K. B.. In border, -Rotes Kreuz — Kriegshilfbiiro — Kriegs-fiirsorgeamt" (Red Cross, War Relief Office — War Department).