Historical and Art Medals

Wilsons Werbung bei den Neutralen [President Wilson’s Successes], 1917, cast bronze, Wilson enticing Chinese dragon, rev. four figures representing Scandinavia, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland seated with their backs to the viewer, 58mm (K 194; Frankenhuis 1471). 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. Woodrow Wilson convinced China to declare war on 14 August 1917, but the other neutral countries refused to change their status