Historical and Art Medals

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)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Karl Goetz Medals.

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Kurt Eisner (1867-1919), politician, organized the revolution that overthrew the monarchy in Bavaria. He declared Bavaria to be a republic on 9 November 1918 and became the first republican premier. He was defeated in the February 1919 election and subsequently assassinated by Anton Count Arco-Valley when en route to offer his resignation to the Bavarian parliament