Maximilian Dasio. (1905/06).
"Organist and devil." Struck silver, 50.3 mm, 41.26 g. Vorzüglich (extremely fine).
Obverse: in profile, woman in full-length gown seated on bench at left plays organ, hand-bellows of which are pumped by horned, bearded, goat-legged, long-tailed devil at right, who stares across in lustful ecstasy at his partner; artist's monogram D— lower left in exergue; stamp HITL at lower right; raised rim.
Reverse: rising from interlaced roots on ground-line, ornamental tree spreads curled, leafed branches across field; two singing birds on roots, left and right respectively, facing inward; another, wings spread, sings in topmost branches; blank tablet (for engraving) hangs from bough mid-center; raised rim.
Cf: Bernhart, Max. 1917. Die Münchener Medaillenkunst der Gegenwart, pl. 5, no. 42, 42a.
Cf: Weber, Ingrid S. 1985. Maximilian Dasio 1864 - 1954: Münchner Maler Medailleur und Ministerialrat. Staatliche Münzsammlung München, pp. 108, 109: no. 163 (also cover illustration obverse); nickel silver example (Neusilber).
Cf: Heidemann, Martin. 1998. Medaillenkunst in Deutschland von 1895 bis 1914. Die Kunstmedaille in Deutschland, Band 8, p. 355, 484 (ill): no. 1234; silver example listed.
Inscription HITL on obverse refers to Georg Hitl (1863 - 1923), owner of the Carl Poellath Mint in Schrobenhausen, Bavaria. This mint produced numerous medals, both cast and struck, for a number of German, and especially Bavarian, medallists.