CNG 91, Lot: 1652. Estimate $150. Sold for $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Kaiserreich. 1871-1918. Æ Medal (89mm, 201.12 g, 12h). New Year. By K. Goetz. Dated 1 January 1918. Soldier standing facing, holding reversed sword; emblems of art and science to left and right; in five lines across field, GANZ = EVROPA/DIE GAN-ZE WELT/DIE GAN-ZE WELT/WIRD = DEVTSCH/WER DEN! (“all of Europe, the whole world, the whole world shall become German!”) / Large oak tree; monument of Henrich Heine underneath; in six lines across field, VON DIESER SENDVNG V/VNIVERSAL HERRSCHAFT/DEVTSCH LANDS/TRÆVME ICH OFT/WENN ICH VNTER/EICHEN WANDLE (of this mission and universal power of Germany I often dream while walking under oaks). Kienast 201. Near EF.

Duplicates from the Kisch Medal Collection sold on behalf of the American Numismatic Society.