Richard Klein 1914
RVPPRECHT KRON -—— PRINZ V･BAYERN (obv) / DIE — BAYERN — IM WELTKRIEG (rev) (Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria / Bavarians in the World War). Cast bronze, light-brown patina, 85.3 mm, 212.48 g. Vorzüglich (extremely fine).
Obverse: Bust profile portrait to right; lower center Bavarian state arms; title legend around edge; artist's initials RK center left; raised rim.
Reverse: Full-length en face soldier wearing Pickelhaube prepares to fight, head turned to right, legs braced apart, right arm extended, hand holding a rifle, left hand rolling up his right shirt sleeve; behind him the royal Bavarian lion charges to right; title legend around upper edge; date 1914 in exergue; raised rim.
Cf: Bernhart, Max. 1915. Kriegsmedaillen bayerischer Künstler, pl. "XXI" (loosely inserted plate without number).
Cf:Schulman. 1917. La Guerre Européenne, Catalogue LXX, p. 56: 582 (examples in silver and bronze).
Cf: Frankenhuis, M. 1919(?). Catalogue of Medals - Medalets and Plaques relative to the World War 1914 - 1919, p. 76: 561.
Cf: Klose, Dietrich O. A. 2016. Europas Verderben 1914 1918: Deutsche und österreichische Medaillen auf den Ersten Weltkrieg, p. 40: 2.7.
