Auction Catalogue

11 July 2006

Starting at 2:00 PM

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Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 2610

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11 July 2006

Hammer Price:
£110

Germany, Wilsons Werbung bei den Neutralen [President Wilson’s Successes], 1917, a cast iron medal by K. Goetz, 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). About extremely fine (£80-100)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Art Medals formed by Hans-P. Wipfler.

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Plate XXI. Woodrow Wilson convinced China to declare war on 14 August 1917, but the other neutral countries refused to change their status