Esseö, Elisabeth (Erzsébet) von. 1918.
HINDENBURG — ÆT･S･LXX (ætatis suæ [in the year of his age] 70). Cast bronze, 70.02 mm, 179.4 g; vorzüglich (extremely fine). Rare.
Obverse: Portrait profile bust in military collar to left; title legend around edge divided left and right by image; artist's monogram encircled ligatured ƎE below bust.
Reverse: Naked warrior in
Stahhelm 3/4 to right, driving enormous sword vertically downward into the occiput of vanquished, coiled, winged dragon; legend HABENT ･ SVA ･ FATA ･ HEROES ･ 1918 ･(heroes have their destinies) around edge.
Cf: Schulman. 1919. La Guerre Européenne, Catalogue LXXV, p. 97: 891.
Cf: Huszár, Lajos, and Béla Procopius. 1932. Medaillen- und Plakettenkunst in Ungarn, p. 200: 1929.
