GOETZ: Opus 134 Final new arrival

cacheman

Opus 134: THE MOBILIZATION OF THE GERMAN ARMY (Auf die Deutsche Mobilmachung). 1914, Cast AE, 75mm. Rare WWI piece.

Inscription on the obverse, “He, who desires to remain firm and unmoved…” Inscription on the reverse, “…will burst open the vaults of heaven, to him all spirits shall bow; and exclaim: come, oh come and take, you take but your own. Ernst Moritz Arndt.” To the 2nd of August 1914.

Aethelred

Atlas need some undies!

Garneteye

cosmicdebris

I guess it is true that steroids are not to friendly to parts down under.

laurentyvan

Atlas need some undies!
Yeah, this from a king whose whose cultural mores dictated their women be dressed in so many layers of skirt that a stiff wind scattered them like seed pods (which they resembled)


Cacheman-one of my favorites! The imagery is top-notch on both obverse and reverse.

theboz11

Real Top Quality

Steve27

Another beauty!

newbiecollector

Well.. I am talking admiration and envy, is envy spelled correctly?

If not, then look it up and post my "envy", and appreciation for a great collection here.

ps: please limit the spell check to 25 countries....... I have already Hi-jacked an important thread.

If you did not understand, the above, then try to realise I am in a stunded state with your collect.

oldshep

Very nice - I wonder what the fireballs on the obverse stand for and the bull he is throwing///
Shep

Askari

Very attractive indeed! I'm afraid, though, that I'm not really up on the background to this. The mobilization was big news, but the quote is odd. It sounds more pagan than the Catholic Goetz was. I'm unfamiliar with Arndt and his work and I suspect that knowledge would provide more insight.

historygeek

The interesting thing is that when war was announced almost everyone cheered at the prospect of war.

1jester

"...to him all spirits shall bow; and exclaim: come, oh come and take, you take but your own. Ernst Moritz Arndt.”

In line with what Geek said, the populace was apparantly very eager to take up arms to right any perceived injustices.

I believe the above translation is slightly misleading. I believe the last part of the sentence would be more appropriately understood as "... come and take...you, take your own." in the sense of 'come, take what belongs to you'. And that would be consistent with the war mood.

Askari

Actually, the French were as eager to go to war, as were a great many Brits. There was far less appetite for war afterwards.

elverno

Another great medal Cacheman! Laurent voiced an interesting point; unlike most medals this is another Goetz that is collectable for both sides. It's probably why he's so interesting to look at, there's no "throwaway" side that looks like it was done by an apprentice.

Very cool...