Auction Catalogue

1 March 2000

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Ancient, Celtic, British and World Coins. Historical and Art Medals. British and World Banknotes

The Regus Conference Centre  12 St James Square  London  SW1Y 4RB

Lot

№ 875

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1 March 2000

Hammer Price:
£60

WORLD ART MEDALS Germany, Wilsons Botschaft, Die 14 Punkte [America’s Peace Terms, the 14 Points], 1918, a cast iron medal by K. Goetz, half-length figure of Wilson holding tablet with 14 bullet points, reverse American eagle with scales and four supplementary points, 58mm (K 203). About extremely fine (£40-60)

The Fourteen Points were a programme announced by Woodrow Wilson before a joint session of Congress on 8 Jan. 1918 as the basis for a just peace settlement after the War. It became a powerful diplomatic and propagandist weapon and the founding base for negotiations at the Versailles Peace Conference