Germany, Die letzte Schlacht am Birkenbaum [The Last Battle at Birkenbaum], 1923, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, male head peering over horizon, fists clenched, tree and broken handcuffs in foreground, rev. shepherd with flock, 60mm (K 298). Extremely fine, rare (£60-80)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Art Medals formed by Hans-P. Wipfler.

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Plate XXIII. The subject matter of the medal is based on the Westphalian saga that the last battle against evil would be fought between the rivers Lippe and Rühr and that victory would be proclaimed at the birkenbaum, or birch tree, an allegory to the occupation of the land between the Lippe and Rühr by allied troops