Secessionist Artists - WWI 1914 -1918 > Erzsébet von Esseö 1883-1954
Hindenburg 1918
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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.
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