Auction Catalogue

3 April 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 485

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3 April 1998

Hammer Price:
£60

World War i, 1915, a steel box medal by C. M. Schwerdtner for Reisser und Sohn of Vienna, German and Austrian soldiers with rifles stood by a tree, reverse clasped hands over a sword; the interior containing 12 coloured printed cards by S. Löffler, depicting a soldier’s war, from his leaving home to his marked grave, 51mm (BDM VIII, 200). Very fine, the coloured cards virtually as new (£40-60)

Medal and one coloured card illustrated