Secessionist Medals

Secessionist Artists - WWI 1914 -1918 => Walther Eberbach 1866-1944 => Topic started by: Haarmann on May 18, 2013, 01:39:41 PM

Title: VATERCHEN SORGT FÜR DIE SEINEN
Post by: Haarmann on May 18, 2013, 01:39:41 PM

Walther Eberbach

VATERCHEN SORGT FÜR DIE SEINEN

DS-85

1916, Blackened Cast Iron, 69.5mm, 86.7g., VZ, Frankenhuis 1498

Obverse : Death, with a Russian cap, prepares to mow down Polish and Lithuanian refugees with his scythe. In the background a burning Russian city. Inscription: "Veiterchen sorgt fiir die Seinen" (The Little Father cares for his people — The Russians call the Czar "Little Father"). W.Eberbach in exergue.

Reverse:: Pentagonal cartridge inscribed, "Dem Friedensczar Nicolaus II v. Russland" (Peace Czar Nicholas II of Russia) over flower blossom.