Gobble Gobble
Hi All, I had hoped to get this in my mailbox before Turkey Day but as per usual, a day late...
I was able to 'snipe' this uber rare Goetz piece from a German auction since it wasn't attributed to Goetz. Kienast didn't even have an image of this one and had to list the medal with a xerox'd copy of the image from Karl's 'proof book'.
Karl Goetz
K-680
Proof Struck (Privately), Gold Gilded, Bronze 38 mm.,18.5g RRRR (Unique?)
Association of German Cooks, Inc., Berlin—Award Medal 1907.
Obverse: Legend: III. AUSSTELLUNG FÜR / DEUTSCHE KOCHKUNST / UND VERWANDTE GEWERBE / BERLIN 1907 (Third exhibition for German culinary skills and associated trades, Berlin 1907).
Reverse: Legend: VERBAND / DEUTSCHER / KOECHE E • V / BERLIN / FÜR / VER-DIENSTVOLLE / LEISTUNGEN (Association of German Cooks, Inc. Berlin—For meritorious services).
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Nice addition with the typical image that is outstanding
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It's unusual (to me at least) due to the prosaic subject matter.
Goetz's artistic choices for his medals were usually a little more intense emotionally.
Nice addition to the collection!
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Super cool, and not at all what I thought the picture would be from the thread title. A turkey yes, but a Goetz turkey??? Never would have thought. Now I'm hungry and all the leftovers disappeared...
Did they even have turkeys in Germany at the time?
I'm thinking goose or chicken more likely...
LordM, you may be right, but it sure looks like a turkey. Perhaps a really fat goose? My husband has cooked a couple geese here and there for the holidays, but they looked less like that big fat bird up there than the turkeys do. In fact, now I'm hoping for goose for Christmas...
I'll leave the comment to someone more brave than me.
Whoops.
Turkey birds were brought to Spain from Mexico by Spanish Conquistadors and spread throughout Europe.
English people in Elizabethan times believed the birds came from the Ottoman Empire and called them "Turkeys".
There were and are lots of Turkey birds in Germany.
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Well, that's cool to learn! And, now I know why they are called turkeys.