Germany, Imperial. A Wartime Patriotic Medal 1914 Auction wings and boots

wings and boots

Japanese soldiers then set the trenches on fire using barrels of gasoline

on a vertical pin measuring 30 mm long

” with two upward-facing branches of laurel leaves in green enamels

indicating that the wearer was a homosexual (the accompanying Star of David overlaid the triangle on the wearer’s shirt)

Germany, Imperial. A Wartime Patriotic Medal 1914 Auction wings and bootsAn ovular medal constructed of bronze, the obverse bears a knight slaying a dragon with a sword, underneath is the inscription DAS GROSSE DRESCHEN (THE GREAT THRASHING), the reverse bears the inscription LIEB VATERLAND MAGST RUHIG SEIN 1914 (DEAR FATHERLAND MAY BE QUIET), encompassed by an oak leaf wreath, with ornate suspension on a long thin black ribbon, measuring 37. 97 mm (w) x56. 68 mm (h), very fine.