GOETZ: Opus 450 Rhineland Free Again

cacheman

K-450 RHINELAND FREE AGAIN, 1930, Struck Bronze, 60mm.

To commemorate the withdrawal of Entente troops in 1930 which was five years prior to the agreed termination. Obverse shows personification of Germania taking her people (Provinces) back into the fold with the inscription ”Palatinate-Rhineland evacuation (of troops). 1930.” Reverse shows River-God with the inscription “Germany is the Rhine.”

elverno

Beautiful medal. And stunning images as always!

Zulan

Is this the medal you thought was lost in the mail?


Edited for spelling

cosmicdebris

Garneteye

laurentyvan

This could be one of my favorite Goetz pieces-the imagery is stunning. The photography is as usual boringly excellent. You don't make mistakes any more, do you?

cacheman

" Is this the medal you thought was lost in the mail? "

No, that medal (K-643) is proof silver and I'll have to do a completely different imaging set-up to photograph it, and at the same time, the Bavarian Silver Pattern set I received last week. I'm still fighting the flu after a week and haven't felt like doing much of anything.

BTW, this medal isn't mentioned in Kienast as a struck bronze. It is listed as only having been made as a 150mm cast bronze (I want an example of this) and as 36mm and 60mm silver struck pieces.

I still prefer the cast pieces over the struck.

Askari

A nice one that I've been meaning to pick up ... some day.