GOETZ: 1915, WWI Satirical Departure of Grand Duke Nicholas
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K-168 Nikolaijewitsch – Prometheus am Kaukasus,
1915, Cast Bronze, 58mm. UNC/Gussfrisch
WWI Satirical commemorating the deposition and forced departure of Grand Duke Nicolas.
Obverse: Bust of the Ruler of the Caucasus region (banished by the Czar), right, wearing a jagged sheet metal crown.
Reverse: Nikolaijewitch, as Prometheus, chained to a rock; with two eagles (Germany and Austria-Hungary) picking him apart.
1915, Cast Bronze, 58mm. UNC/Gussfrisch
WWI Satirical commemorating the deposition and forced departure of Grand Duke Nicolas.
Obverse: Bust of the Ruler of the Caucasus region (banished by the Czar), right, wearing a jagged sheet metal crown.
Reverse: Nikolaijewitch, as Prometheus, chained to a rock; with two eagles (Germany and Austria-Hungary) picking him apart.
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