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

№ 2722

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11 July 2006

Hammer Price:
£55

Germany, Wer ist der Schuldige? [Who Is To Blame?], 1919, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, Clemenceau in the role of a teacher questioning the Imperial princes, who have their hands raised, rev. Bethmann-Hollweg dressed as a porter, giving evidence before President Wilson, Clemenceau and Lloyd George, 58mm (K 237). Very fine (£50-70)

Statements made in an article published in Cologne in July 1919 showed that the former Kaiser had sought to shift blame for the War to his former chancellor, Bethmann-Hollweg