Secessionist Medals
Secessionist Artists - WWI 1914 -1918 => Erzsébet von Esseö 1883-1954 => Topic started by: Haarmann on May 31, 2013, 04:43:56 PM
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Elisabeth von Essoe, HORRIBILI ANNIS MCMXIV-XVI (The Years of Horror, 1914-16), 1916, Cast Iron, 67.5mm, wt.97.4g. UNC RRR.
A softly executed, but truly Expressionistic, early work of von Essoe.
Obverse: Skeletal head of Death, right, in radiate crown with a serpent coiled around the neck.
Reverse: Standing crowned figure, left, holding sword and shield. Orb at right. Signature in exergue. "Si deus pro nobis, quis contra nos" = "If God is With Us, Who Can Be Against Us"
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Wow, powerful!!! I've never seen one of these before. Must be pretty rare, huh?