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

Germany, Deutscher Schäferhund im Weltkrieg [Red Cross War Dogs], 1914, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, head of a dog left, wearing a Red Cross collar, reverse dog guards two soldiers as they lift a wounded comrade from the field of battle, 107mm (K. 147; cf. Spink 17.vii.1997, 176). Very fine, rare (£70-90)

Commemorates the first use of dogs in the medical sphere of a global conflict. Considered by Kienast as “one of the best works of the artist. The overall effect…is one of artful simplicity”