Historical and Art Medals

Wahl zur Deutschen Nationalversammlung [Election of the German National Assembly], 1919, cast bronze, figures including a robed female casting their vote, rev. hand crushing crown, pillar representing Hohenzollern Democracy crumbling behind, 58mm (K 217; Frankenhuis 1492). Very fine (£60-80)

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

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The election, which took place on 19 January 1919, was the first time women in Germany were allowed to exercise their vote