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Mondsüchtige auf Gallipoli [The Sleepwalkers on the Gallipoli Peninsula], 1916, cast bronze, Turkish crescent encircling English soldier carrying a model ship and kneeling Frenchman with rifle, rev. skeletons and graveyard, 58mm (K 169; Frankenhuis 1460). Very fine (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £140
Europas Selbstmord [Europe’s Suicide], 1917, cast bronze, naked female on rampant bull, armed troops at left, rev. allegorical figures of America and Japan catching coins cascading from fountain, 82mm (K 199; Frankenhuis 1476; Jones, Dance of Death, 35). Good very fine (£90-120)
Weimarer Waschweiber [The Washerwomen of the Weimar], 1919, cast bronze, robed female figure of the Republic extinguishing fire on eagle’s head with the features of the former Kaiser, rev. City theatre of Weimar above legend, washer women below, 88mm (K 218). Very fine (£90-120)
Russische Revolution [Abdication of Czar Nicholas II], 1917, cast iron, bust right, rev. British soldier holding torch, pushing Russian bear under throne, 58mm (K 190; Frankenhuis 1467). Extremely fine (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £130
Kulturträger, die Verbündeten im Weltkrieg [The Carrier of Culture], 1914, oval cast bronze, heads of seven allied monarchs, rev. legend in 8 lines, 90 x 60mm (K 140; Frankenhuis 1418). Good very fine (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £110
Brandstifter Kollegium, der Lügenfeldzug der Entente [Campaign of Lies by the Quadruple Alliance], 1914, oval cast bronze, heads of Delcassé, Grey, Iswolsky and Salandra, rev. naked figure of Untruth in chariot, blowing trumpet, helmets of German soldiers at left, 90 x 60mm (K 141; Frankenhuis 1419). Good very fine (£90-120)
Untergang von Marineluftschiffes L-19 [The Loss of Zeppelin L-19], 1916, cast iron, sailors on hull of airship, British trawler disappearing into distance, rev. Eye of Providence above legend, scales below, 58mm (K 174; Frankenhuis 1443; Kaiser 431; Jones, Dance of Death, 30). Very fine (£90-120)
Der Totengräber [The Grave Digger], 1920, cast bronze, grave-digger holding shovel and skull, rev. grave-digger seated on demolished graves, juggling with skulls, 58mm (K 273). Very fine (£60-80)
Malzschieber [The Malt Racketeers], 1916, cast bronze, racketeers moving a truckload of contraband, rev. lady being frisked at railway station, 58mm (K 182). Very fine (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £100
Ränkeschmiede bei der Arbeit [German U-Boats in America], 1916, cast bronze, three standing figures, American flag at right, rev. bearded janiform head above telegraph wires forming the words reuter gezeter, 58mm (K 185; Frankenhuis 1450). Good very fine (£80-100)
Brot-Friede mit der Ukraine [Peace Treaty with the Ukraine], 1918, cast iron, bread-fruit tree, rev. eagle standing on wheatsheaf, 58mm (K 205; Frankenhuis 1478). Good very fine (£60-80)
Belgiens Raubzug [Eupen and Malmedy], 1920, cast bronze, clawed hand grasping tombstones inscribed malmedy and eupen, rev. document and bottle, 60mm (K 283). Good very fine (£60-80)
Sisyphos am Isonzo [General Cadorna and the Battle Losses at the Isonzo River], 1916, cast bronze, helmeted bust right under an umbrella, rev. naked figure of Sisiphos standing astride rock, 58mm (K 171; Frankenhuis 1454). Extremely fine, attractively patinated (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £95
Novembersturm [The Storms of November], 1918, cast bronze, naval rating kicking Kaiser across a border marker into a field of Dutch tulips, rev. symbolic Hohenzollern tree battered by storms of revolution, 58mm (K 232; Frankenhuis 1488). Good very fine (£70-90)
Räte-Republik in Bayern [The Soviet-Bavarian Government], 1919, cast bronze, three councillors in discussion, rev. Gustav Landauer and Vladimir Lenin dancing for joy, 58mm (K 222). Good very fine (£70-90)
Reichsfinanzamt [New Taxes], 1920, Mathias Erzberger squeezing citizen through a cylindrical press, rev. inflationary banknotes and printing press, 58mm (K 255). Very fine (£60-80)
Bayerische Landtagswahl [Election to the Bavarian Diet], 1920, cast bronze, General Eisner being cast aside by the Bavarian lion, rev. herd of animals around two pillars, 58mm (K 268). Very fine (£60-80)
Volksliederbuchzensur [Censoring of Folk Songbooks], 1921, cast bronze, censor seated on stool examining song sheets, other sheets at his feet, rev. bull standing right, looking back over its shoulder, 60mm (K 286). Very fine (£70-90)
Wilsons Werbung bei den Neutralen [President Wilson’s Successes], 1917, cast bronze, 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). Good very fine (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £90
Auslieferung [Circus Games], 1920, oval cast bronze, two chained German soldiers following a horse-drawn cart in which a monkey (Clemenceau) bangs a drum, rev. band of German soldiers being mocked by a French soldier at left, 100 x 60mm (K 231). Very fine (£100-120)
Das Pariser Diktat [The Paris Dictat], 1921, cast bronze, naked man on cross, rev. nein! der gott der eisen wachsen, etc, 60mm (K 279). Very fine (£60-80)
Blutsauger am Rhein [Bloodsucker on the Rhine], 1923, cast bronze, baby boy having blood sucked out of him, rev. German under screw press having coins squeezed out of his pocket, 60mm (K 294). Very fine (£70-90)
Der Bund der Tücke [Pact of Malice], 1915, cast bronze, multi-headed winged quadruped, rev. bearded figure of God holding sickle over legend and flames, 80mm (K 160; Frankenhuis 1441; V & A Exh. 1998, 24). Good very fine (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £85
Au Japan Deutsche Wacht in Kiau-Tschau [A Message for Japan], 1914, cast bronze, two heads above legend, rev. warrior with standard planted on the rocks of Kiautshau, beating off sea-monster with sword, 58mm (K 139; Frankenhuis 1422). Good very fine (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £80
Nikitas Schicksalstöchter [Nikita’s Daughters of Fate], 1916, cast iron, three standing robed figures representing Militza, Stana and Elena, rev. three serpents entwined above a sword, 80mm (K 189; Frankenhuis 1457). Very fine (£80-100)
Wohnungsnot [Scarcity of Living Space], 1921, cast bronze, housing inspector standing in front of toilet door, family of five at right, rev. people sleeping in triple bunks, baby in basket on the floor, 60mm (K 280). Very fine, a poignant study (£80-100)
Oberschlesiens Abstimmung [Plebiscite in Upper Silesia], 1921, cast bronze, map superimposed on head right, rev. German eagle standing left, having its wing pulled by a Silesian citizen, 60mm (K 284). Good very fine (£70-90)
Septembervertrag der Entente [Treaty of September], 1914, cast bronze, Russian bear holding quill pen and inscribing a document, watched by bulldog and Gallic cock, rev. wolf with head of bulldog in his jaws, demolishing Gallic cock, 58mm (K 144; Frankenhuis 1413). Very fine (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £70
Nikita, Friedensabsicht [Nicholas of Montenegro Departs for Skutari], 1916, cast bronze, bust right, rev. raven over hand holding sword, 58mm (K 173; Frankenhuis 1442). Very fine (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £60
Zusammenbruch der Riga [The Fall of Riga], 1917, cast bronze, sword impaling Russian bear, rev. scythe passing through hourglass, citizens in revolt below, 58mm (K 195; Frankenhuis 1475; Jones, Dance of Death, 39). Very fine (£60-80)
Nicht Geistes Krank Aber Berliner [The Dear Nicky Letters], 1920, cast bronze, Kaiser writing letter to Czar Nicholas II, rev. Bismarck questioning Dr Eisenbarth, 57mm (K 257). Light rubbing to high points of obverse, otherwise very fine (£60-80)
Kurt Eisner, Umsturz in Bayern [Kurt Eisner and the Revolution in Bavaria], 1918, cast bronze, Eisner seated on Wittelsbach lion, pulling a sack over its head, rev. Constitutional door removed from its hinges, 58mm (K 214; Frankenhuis 1487). Very fine (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £55
Russland Hydra [The Russian Hydra], 1914, cast bronze, Russian bear represented as a triple-headed hydra, being attacked by a German eagle, rev. legend in 9 lines, 58mm (K 137; Frankenhuis 1423). Very fine (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £50
Ambiederung im Vatikan [The Support of Pope Benedict XV], 1914, cast bronze, Pope seated right, rev. fishermen in boat, 58mm (K 157; Frankenhuis 1421). Good very fine, green patina (£70-90)
Amerikas Neutrales Handeln [American Neutrality], 1915, cast bronze, wreathed facing bust of President Woodrow Wilson, rev. bearded man seated with cannon and armour, holding a submarine, 58mm (K 149; Frankenhuis 1435). Very fine (£80-100)
Italiens Treubreuch [Italy’s Withdrawal from the Triple Alliance], 1915, cast bronze, two soldiers harrassing a third, rev. man on back of double-headed eagle, 58mm (K 158). Very fine (£60-80)
Bittgang am Balkan [Wooing of the Balkan Kings], 1915, cast iron, kneeling figures in supplication, rev. heads of Ferdinand of Romania, Constantin of Greece and Ferdinand of Bulgaria, English dolphin at left vomiting coins, fist at right, 58mm (K 164; Frankenhuis 1437). Good very fine (£60-80)
Nikolaijewitsch, Prometheus am Kaukasus [Grand Duke Nicholas Departs for the Caucasus], 1915, cast bronze, radiate head right, rev. two eagles harrying naked and shackled man, 58mm (K 168). About very fine, reverse better (£60-80)
Wilson, Deutsch-Amerikanischer Notenwechsel [The German Reply to America on Submarine Warfare], 1916, cast bronze, half-length figure of Woodrow Wilson in armour, rev. armoured hands holding scroll, 58mm (K 176; Frankenhuis 1445). Good very fine (£70-90)
Englischer Postraub [The Searching of the Mails on American Liners], 1916, cast bronze, half-length portrait of President Wilson, chimneys of armament factories behind, rev. English sailor disembarking from American steamer, holding two mail bags, 58mm (K 177; Frankenhuis 1459). Very fine (£70-90)
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