Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Germany, Brot gab dir das Vaterland [Thy Country Gave Thee Bread], c. 1918, a blackened cast iron medal by M. Götze for Ball, robed female distributing bread to mothers and infants, rev. mother in mourning robes with two weeping infants by grave-side, 106mm (Frankenhuis 1079); Und wer den Tod im heiligen Kampfe Ruht [He Who Found Death in Holy Fight, Rests], c. 1918, an oval cast bronze medal by F. Schenkel, 118 x 97mm (Frankenhuis 1081) [2]. Very fine, first better £80-100

Provenance: D. Corrick Collection