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

Zeppelin Bombardment of Britain, ‘The British Nightmare’, 1916, bronze satirical medal by Walter Eberbach, skeleton figure of Death unleashes Zeppelins, from which fall bombs on a factory, reverse six-line inscription, from which drops a bomb, 68mm. Extremely fine and very rare, particularly in this metal (£250-300)

This reverse contains a reference to ‘Lord Curzon, den Deutscher Hasser’, the hated Lord Curzon, who in 1916 was president of the Air Board, a similar medal, but in iron, was sold in these rooms on 31 October 1997, Lot 537.