304, Lot: 544. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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UNITED STATES. Æ Medal (39mm, 20.35 g, 12h). By W. and H. Co., Newark, New Jersey. Dated 1915. FUR UNTERSTÜTZUNG DER WITTWEN, WAISEN UND KRIEGSNOTLEIDENDEN (
Supporting widows, orphans, and all who suffer de to the war), veiled female figure standing left before tree, holding child; a second child tugging at her dress / DEUTSCHWEHR GEDENK MÜNZE, ZUM ANDEKEN AN DEUTSCHLANDS/SCHWERE UND GROSSE ZEIT/ 1915 (
German military commemorative coin. Remembering a difficult and momentous time of German history, 1915), cross with ribbon above shaking hands. UNC, some damage to box.
Struck by German sympathizers prior to the US entering World War I .