GOETZ: Opus 22 German Bakeries

cacheman

K-22 Ludwig, Prince of Bavaria, 1905, Struck AR, 38mm, RR

Commissioned piece in commemoration of the German Bakeries exhibition in Munich 1905

Obverse has Ludwig seated, face left in full regalia. Inscription: Ludwig Prinz v. Bayern / Protector

Reverse shows the Munich city seal at bottom with sprigs of oak and edelweiss. Inscription reads “Central association of German bakers’ guilds Germania”, below “German bakery exhibition Munich 1905.”

This piece is only listed in Kienast as Cast bronze in 98mm.

The commission for this piece was an offshoot from Goetz joining the Bavarian Numismatic Society in 1905. The President of the society made it a habit to show Gotze’s works to the members at the monthly meetings. Some new orders came to Goetz this way with this medal being one of them.

Goetz was granted a sitting with Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to model him and this then led to a relationship with the Bavarian Mint. I am not sure where this medal would have been struck but evidently a private mint at the time.

Askari

Neat!! Another one I've not seen before. You sure have a phenomenal collection growing!!!

cacheman

oldshep

Once again the artist Goetz emerges.
Shep

MadMuffin

Nice! I notice the use of the letter "Æ" (don't know if you people in the US can see it properly on your screen?).

"Æ" is of course A and E put together... but I thought that the Danish were the only people in the world to actually use that letter

Marcel

Darkhorse

The Æ is just another way of writting an umlauted A (&Auml.

Ä=AE
Ö=OE
Ü=UE

I was in France last weekend an I saw the Œ used often (first time I've seen it actually used). i.e. œufs (eggs)
On the reverse of the medal you can see a VE kind of symbol, meaning UE (&Uuml.

As for the medal it's wholly unsurprising that Goetz made a medal deticated to German Bakeries since they're quite a common sight in this country.

syraq

Cheval Sombre, ton clavier est nul.

cosmicdebris

Where do yuo keep finding these things?

cacheman

"Where do yuo keep finding these things?"

Primarily two places...people contact me via my web gallery from all over the world and the conversation eventually leads to buying and selling and the other, friends and acquaintances in Europe who watch for me. This piece came out of Austria.

Steve27

Great detail on that one, something that can't be done on a mass-produced coin (as evidenced by modern US conage).

laurentyvan

Goetz has a deft touch- a technical mastery, revealed by the manner in which he handles the subtleties of the hair and beard-he is a master! The left shoulder forward gives this piece a strong three-dimensional look.

cacheman

When I can find the time I will breakdown Goetz's artistic periods to assist everyone in understanding his pieces better. I received a PM last night which gave me an indication that there was some confusion to the creative time line of his work. I have been remiss in not giving you guys at least a skeletal outline of what/when he did stuff. He had distinct "periods" of creativity, not unlike all artists e.g. Picasso's Blue Period, that dictated what he produced.

Askari

<< <i>Nice! I notice the use of the letter "Æ" (don't know if you people in the US can see it properly on your screen?).

"Æ" is of course A and E put together... but I thought that the Danish were the only people in the world to actually use that letter >>

Actually, Marcel, we inherited it from Old English ... the Angles and whatnot from your neck of the European woods, but it went completely out of style around the late 18th century as best I can tell.

Makarovii

I like the way Goetz gives this piece an almost photographic quality with the perspective of the two epaulettes on Ludwig. The forward epaulette in focus while the one in the rear is slightly out of focus.