Esseö, Elisabeth (Erzsébet) von. 1919.
DEN･HEIMGEKEHR/TEN･KRIEGERN･･/DIE･UNGAREN･IN/MVENCHEN･1919･ (to the returned warriors [from] the Hungarians in Munich 1919). Cast bronze, blackened, 53.08 mm, 48.12 g; vorzüglich (extremely fine). Rare.
Obverse: Slender woman, turned slightly to right, in full-length classical dress and with short classical hairstyle, playing violin.
Reverse: Arms of Hungary top center; four-lined title inscription; bottom center, city arms of Munich; inscribed center left edge OP･ (opus); artist's monogram encircled, ligatured ƎЕ, center right edge.
Cf: Schulman. 1919. La Guerre Européenne, Catalogue LXXV, p. 97: 896.
Cf: Frankenhuis, M. 1919(?). Catalogue of Medals - Medalets and Plaques Relative to the World War 1914 - 1919, p. 124: 968.
Cf: Huszár, Lajos, and Béla Procopius. 1932. Medaillen- und Plakettenkunst in Ungarn, p. 200: 1935.
Cf: Klose, Dietrich O. A. 2016. Europas Verderben 1914 1918: Deutsche und österreichische Medaillen auf den Ersten Weltkrieg, p. 311: 24.20.
Although born and raised in Hungary, Elisabeth von Esseö lived and worked primarily in Munich.
