Esseö, Elisabeth (Erzsébet) von. 1918
IN･MEMORIAM･K･V･K･HEERESLEITUNG･V･DIPLOMATIE (in memory of kaiserliche und königliche [Imperial and Royal] Army Administration and diplomatic corp). Cast bronze, light-brown patina, 57.1 mm, 62.81 g. Small casting flaw at edge (letter D), otherwise vorzüglich (extremely fine). Rare.
Obverse: Within a pearled border, Imperial Habsburg double eagle, but with asses's heads and tails, the latter braided and ribboned; on its breast a shield displaying Α / Ω (alpha / omega); title legend surrounding edge outside decorative border.
Reverse: Across a curving central band a procession of naked men, women and children move from left to right, from the sun's rays to senescent darkness, from youth to old age; above the band, upper edge, legend ･1914 ･ 1918･.
Cf: Schulman. 1919. La Guerre Européenne, Catalogue LXXV, p. 97, 897.
Cf: Huszár, Lajos, and Béla Procopius. 1932. Medaillen- und Plakettenkunst in Ungarn, p. 199: 1924.This medal is unusual in the artist's oeuvre, being a satirical piece mocking the Austro-Hungarian regime, and neither signed nor marked with monogram.
