Auction Catalogue

15 December 2005

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Historical and Art Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 1527

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15 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£100

Ränkeschmiede bei der Arbeit [German U-Boats in America], 1916, cast bronze, three standing figures, American flag at right, rev. bearded janiform head above telegraph wires forming the words reuter gezeter, 58mm (K 185; Frankenhuis 1450). Good very fine (£80-100)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Karl Goetz Medals.

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Illustrated on the Plates. Commemorates the arrival of U-53 in Narrangansett Bay and its visit to Newport, RI, on 7 October 1916