Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Germany, Des Bayernkönigs Leibgarde [The Desertion of the Bavarian King’s Personal Guard], 1918, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, three bodyguards fleeing approaching revolutionaries, rev. King and Queen leaving their castle, 58mm (K 266). Very fine (£50-70)

The bodyguard deserted on 8 November 1918