Lot Archive

Lot

№ 668

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25 November 1998

Hammer Price:
£40

World war one, General v. Mackensen, large bronze portrait medal, 1915, by Küchler, bust threequarters right, reverse naked female figure on horseback galloping right, holding sword and burning torch, prostrate figure at feet, burning building behind, mai 1915 in field, 112mm. Extremely fine (£50-60)

A powerful if disturbing medal, alluding to Mackensen’s successes on the Eastern front.