Karl Goetz - 1918 "Flush of Victory" Medal
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1918 "Flush of Victory" Medal.
Bronze cast, 58.3mm.
Kienast 213.
Obv. French coq on U.S., British, Italian flags, ruined Cathedral
Rev: Marshall Foch rallies North African, tropical African, Chinese and American Indian warriors.
General Ferdinand Foch (October 2, 1851 - March 20, 1929) was a French soldier, military theorist, and author credited with possessing "the most original and subtle mind in the French Army" in the early 20th century. He served as general in the French Army during World War I and was made Marshal of France in its final year, 1918. Shortly after the start of the Spring Offensive, Germany's final attempt to win the war, Foch was chosen as supreme commander of the allied armies during World War I, a position that he held until November 11, 1918, when he accepted the German Surrender. He advocated peace terms that would make Germany unable to ever pose a threat to France again. His words after the Treaty of Versailles, "This is not a peace. It is an armistice for 20 years," would prove prophetic.
Medal symbolizes the German protest against use of colonial troops in Europe. WW I was largely a European, North African, and Middle Eastern war. More than a million soldiers from Europe's African and Asian colonies answered the call to arms, yet they were largely forgotten afterward, and promises of freedom were not fulfilled. The betrayal laid the foundations of the independence movements that ultimately brought an end to the colonial empires. The soldiers -- all volunteers since there was no conscription in the colonies -- were lured in part by promises of greater freedom for their homelands in Africa, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. But after returning home they saw the promises being broken, and the resentment fed their liberation movements. Germany itself used local troops in its African colonies, but could not bring them to Europe because sea lanes were blocked.
Bronze cast, 58.3mm.
Kienast 213.
Obv. French coq on U.S., British, Italian flags, ruined Cathedral
Rev: Marshall Foch rallies North African, tropical African, Chinese and American Indian warriors.
General Ferdinand Foch (October 2, 1851 - March 20, 1929) was a French soldier, military theorist, and author credited with possessing "the most original and subtle mind in the French Army" in the early 20th century. He served as general in the French Army during World War I and was made Marshal of France in its final year, 1918. Shortly after the start of the Spring Offensive, Germany's final attempt to win the war, Foch was chosen as supreme commander of the allied armies during World War I, a position that he held until November 11, 1918, when he accepted the German Surrender. He advocated peace terms that would make Germany unable to ever pose a threat to France again. His words after the Treaty of Versailles, "This is not a peace. It is an armistice for 20 years," would prove prophetic.
Medal symbolizes the German protest against use of colonial troops in Europe. WW I was largely a European, North African, and Middle Eastern war. More than a million soldiers from Europe's African and Asian colonies answered the call to arms, yet they were largely forgotten afterward, and promises of freedom were not fulfilled. The betrayal laid the foundations of the independence movements that ultimately brought an end to the colonial empires. The soldiers -- all volunteers since there was no conscription in the colonies -- were lured in part by promises of greater freedom for their homelands in Africa, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. But after returning home they saw the promises being broken, and the resentment fed their liberation movements. Germany itself used local troops in its African colonies, but could not bring them to Europe because sea lanes were blocked.
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