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A couple of Goetz medals
Zohar
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Inspired by cacheman's postings and website - Cacheman's site I have decided to get into this collecting theme as we get close to the century mark for World War I. Very recognizable style for this artist with strong themes capturing the events and world affairs of the time.
Here are two I have purchased, will post others soon.
Kienast - 220, 1919- The Weekly Food Ration. 58mm.
Obverse: A table displaying the per person weekly ration which consisted of 200 grams meat, one egg, 1/8 litre milk, etc.
Reverse: A sales clerk counting a pile of food ration tokens, behind him a board listing the food prices.
Background: German officials focused primarily on industrial production. Less attention was given to the needs of the less glamorous agricultural sector. Large numbers of men from rural areas were drafted to fight the war. Officials assumed that the war would soon be short and conscripts could be returned to the rural work force. Significant problems soon developed. The massive losses on the battlefield mean that more and more men had to be conscripted. This further depleted the rural workforce. And the Royal Navy blockade made it impossible to import food. Germany unlike Britain could not import food from America and the Dominions. In addition, fertilizer imports were also cut off. German factories were used for the production of munitions. The shortage of fertilizer resulted in a sharp decline in agricultural productivity. Food was not the only commodity in short supply. Shortages developed for fuel (coal) as well as clothing and footwear. Food shortages were, however, most keenly felt. Clothing purchases could be deferred. Food was a different matter. Of course the War did not end quickly and production short falls began to cause serious food shortages at both the front and on the domestic market., in some instances impairing offensive operations. This also caused the soldiers to engage in looting. The situation at home was even worse. Many Germans by the time the war ended were close to starvation.
K-272. 1920, The French Envoy in Bavaria. 58mm. Purchased from a distinguished forum member!
Obverse: Ambassador Emil Dard shows Minister-president von Kahr his credentials.
Reverse: The Gallic rooster tries to flatter the Bavarian lion who holds a plaque inscribed "Firm in Faith".
The Bavarian People's Party was the Bavarian branch of the Centre Party, which broke off from the rest of the party in 1919 to pursue a more conservative, more Catholic, more Bavarian particularist course. The party displayed monarchist leanings and there was a period of near separatism in the early 1920s, culminating in the government of Gustav von Kahr's unwillingness to abide by rulings from Berlin during the inflation crisis of 1923. This only came to an end with the shock of Adolf Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch. Following the establishment of a more stable situation throughout Germany, the party came around to a more moderate line under the leadership of Heinrich Held. The French invested considerable money and political effort in encouraging separatism in the Rhineland and Bavaria after the First World War. This medal lampoons the French encouragement for Bavarian separatism.
Here are two I have purchased, will post others soon.
Kienast - 220, 1919- The Weekly Food Ration. 58mm.
Obverse: A table displaying the per person weekly ration which consisted of 200 grams meat, one egg, 1/8 litre milk, etc.
Reverse: A sales clerk counting a pile of food ration tokens, behind him a board listing the food prices.
Background: German officials focused primarily on industrial production. Less attention was given to the needs of the less glamorous agricultural sector. Large numbers of men from rural areas were drafted to fight the war. Officials assumed that the war would soon be short and conscripts could be returned to the rural work force. Significant problems soon developed. The massive losses on the battlefield mean that more and more men had to be conscripted. This further depleted the rural workforce. And the Royal Navy blockade made it impossible to import food. Germany unlike Britain could not import food from America and the Dominions. In addition, fertilizer imports were also cut off. German factories were used for the production of munitions. The shortage of fertilizer resulted in a sharp decline in agricultural productivity. Food was not the only commodity in short supply. Shortages developed for fuel (coal) as well as clothing and footwear. Food shortages were, however, most keenly felt. Clothing purchases could be deferred. Food was a different matter. Of course the War did not end quickly and production short falls began to cause serious food shortages at both the front and on the domestic market., in some instances impairing offensive operations. This also caused the soldiers to engage in looting. The situation at home was even worse. Many Germans by the time the war ended were close to starvation.
K-272. 1920, The French Envoy in Bavaria. 58mm. Purchased from a distinguished forum member!
Obverse: Ambassador Emil Dard shows Minister-president von Kahr his credentials.
Reverse: The Gallic rooster tries to flatter the Bavarian lion who holds a plaque inscribed "Firm in Faith".
The Bavarian People's Party was the Bavarian branch of the Centre Party, which broke off from the rest of the party in 1919 to pursue a more conservative, more Catholic, more Bavarian particularist course. The party displayed monarchist leanings and there was a period of near separatism in the early 1920s, culminating in the government of Gustav von Kahr's unwillingness to abide by rulings from Berlin during the inflation crisis of 1923. This only came to an end with the shock of Adolf Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch. Following the establishment of a more stable situation throughout Germany, the party came around to a more moderate line under the leadership of Heinrich Held. The French invested considerable money and political effort in encouraging separatism in the Rhineland and Bavaria after the First World War. This medal lampoons the French encouragement for Bavarian separatism.
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