GOETZ: The Spark of the World Fire, 1914

cacheman

K 132 THE SPARK OF THE WORLD FIRE (Serajewo, der Funke des Weltbrandes), 1914, Cast AE, 57.4mm, Wt. 54.6g. VZ.

Obverse: A Serbian nationalist, concealing a bomb, sneaks across the Austrian border.

Reverse: The murderers of the Austrian Throne Inheritor Ferdinand are paid off by the Russian Ambassador. The inscription reads, “ The Russian Ambassador von Hartwig receives Serbian murderers.

This is Goetz’s second satirical medal that concerned the most significant event starting the First World War: The assassanation of Archduke Ferdinand in Serajevo on June 28, 1914. The boundary post marked “Serajewo” indicates the turning point in the history of nations.

Aethelred

Superb design and historic subject matter, this is what collecting is all about.

Garneteye

Interesting medal, you mentioned that this is one of two medals on this subject. Is the other already in your collection?

Dan

cacheman

No, this is the only one with this subject matter...What I was trying to explain was this is the second satirical medal Goetz created. His 'satirical series' began with Opus 131 and ran through Opus 306. These encompassed the years from 1913-1923.

cosmicdebris

Very cool

wybrit

Great piece about a flash point in history.

mrearlygold

Great great art in metal form



Tom

PuddlePirate

A cool post. Sad to think that the murder of a few "Austrian Royals" in 1914 would cause a war that would ultimately kill something like 43 million people in Europe (I may be short by a few million plus, I don't remember the exact numbers but they were horrendous).

mrearlygold

<< <i>A cool post. Sad to think that the murder of a few "Austrian Royals" in 1914 would cause a war that would ultimately kill something like 43 million people in Europe (I may be short by a few million plus, I don't remember the exact numbers but they were horrendous). >>







Yeh and create an excuse for an American presdent to institute some dictaorial policies of his own.

boz

Blood money