Historical and Art Medals

Die Weisse Schmach [The Watch at the Ruhr], 1923, struck bronze, helmeted head left, rev. citizen in the act of being strangled by a French soldier, 36mm (K 299). Extremely fine (£30-40)

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

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The reverse alludes to the manslaughter of a French soldier in Buer, near Recklingshausen, by a German blacksmith under provocation