Auction Catalogue

15 March 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 1579

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15 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£85

Germany, Gott Mitt Uns, Viribvs Vnitis, 1915, a steel box medal by C.M. Schwerdtner for Reisser und Sohn, Vienna, German and Austrian soldiers with rifles stood by a tree, rev. clasped hands over a sword; the interior containing 12 coloured printed cards by B. Löffler, depicting a soldier’s war, from his leaving home to his marked grave, 51mm (BDM VIII, 200). Very fine, the coloured cards better £60-80

Provenance: DNW Auction 35, 3 April 1998, lot 485; D. Corrick Collection