ZUTT: 1914 Hungarian War Medal

cacheman

ZUTT, Professor R.A.. 1914, Hungarian oval medallion, with a loop for suspension. Cast silver 49.4 X 24mm, 8.8g. VZ,, Rare, Frankenhuis 300.

This medal was issued by the Augusta Endowment for services rendered.

Obverse: Female figure weeping in the midst of tombs. In exergue, date 1914.

Reverse: "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" (It is sweet and fair to die for one's country).

harasha

The English poet from World War I, Wilfred Owen, had a vivid counter to that old lie.

cacheman

This phrase summed up the feelings of many world leaders, scholars, and public before The Great War. Viewpoints would change so drastically during, and after WWI, that Europe sat idle as Hitler built his war machine out of fear for causing another horrific war.

Additionally, and not unlike today, the general public was not told the entire truth. At the end of the war, the majority of the German population was shocked to learn they had lost the war...they had been told they were winning right up to the day of surrender.

oldshep

Scott - Interesting...what is the open area at the top for? a necklace?
Shep

cacheman

I assume it was made this way to attach to a chain as a watch fob, or to place on a necklace or bracelet but I'm not sure. I can safely say that it wasn't placed there to attach to a set of car/house keys