Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, and Historical Medals

Germany, Generaloberst Graf Schlieffen, 1906, a uniface cast bronze plaque by B. Kruse, bust right, 150 x 86mm (BDM –). Some wear to high points of dress and truncation, otherwise very fine and very rare (£60-80)

Alfred, Graf von Schlieffen (1833-1913), head of the army general staff in Berlin; architect of the Schlieffen plan of attack that the German armies used, with significant modifications, at the outbreak of World War I. See plate II for illustration.