WWI German Eagle against Russian Bear,English bulldog,French rooster medal Goetz

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Before you bidding - shipping time to Europe 10-14 days, to USA, Canada, Australia will take 30-35 days. Payment – Paypal or cash in transfer Shipping only in fast post registered package with tracking number-shipping cost 60$ We will ship items together to save on shipping costs. Items are usually shipped the following business day payment is received. If you not happy with your item, I will return you back your money. ============================================================== RRRRR-WWI 1915 German Eagle against Russian Bear,English bulldog,French rooster Japanese snack, Italian monkey medal,80mm,Germany,by Karl Goetz,Original extra condition Karl Goetz (June 28, 1875—September 8, 1950) German medalist and sculptor best known for his satirical medals created during and shortly after the conclusion of World War I. Born in Augsburg, Germany, he studied art in that city under master Johannes Dominal and continued his education and training in Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin, and Düsseldorf until 1897. After spending the subsequent two years in the Netherlands, and after that Paris for five years, he finally settled in Munich where he spent the rest of his years. Karl Goetz was a busy man, enjoying active membership in the Munich's Artist Society, The Numismatic Society, The Ancient Club of Munich, and the Artisan Society for Numismatics in Vienna. Karl Goetz also extended his sculpting and medalist abilities in the area of creating pattern coins for the German Empire and the Weimar Republic. In August of 1915, several months after the sinking of the Lusitania, Karl Goetz produced his first version of the Lusitania medal. Showing an incorrect date the error was picked up by the British as a propaganda bonanza, and Goetz later produced a variety with the correct date. By the later 1940s, Goetz struggled to continue working as he dealt with increasing paralysis in his right hand caused by a stroke. By the time of his death at the age of seventy-five his entire right side was paralyzed. Writer Gunter W. Kienast ( The Medals of Karl Goetz [1967, reprinted 1980], and later Goetz II: a supplement to The Medals of Karl Goetz [1986]) chronicled some 784 different medallic works of Karl Goetz, including 175 with satirical themes. Many of the non-satirical medals were created as commemoratives of significant events in his personal life or the lives of his friends and acquaintances, or to commemorate the birth or life of a famous personage. Goetz received many awards and recognitions during his lifetime, including the Silver State Medal at Nuremburg (1906), the State Medal at Gent (1913), and posthumously, the Silver State Medal of the World Exposition in Madrid in 1951. The Russian Bear is a widespread symbol for Russia , used in cartoons, articles and dramatic plays at least since the 17th century, and relating alike to Tsarist Russia , the Soviet Union and the present-day Russian Federation . It often was and is used by Westerners, to begin with especially in Britain and later also in the US, and not always in a flattering context — on occasion used to imply that Russia is "big, brutal and clumsy" (see 19th century cartoon below). The bear image was, however, on various occasions (especially in the 20th century) also taken up by Russians themselves. Having the teddy bear " Misha " as the mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games was evidently intended to counter the "big and brutal Russian Bear" image with a small, cuddly and smiling bear. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was some support in the Russian Parliament for having a bear as the new Russian coat of arms — with the proposers pointing out that "Russia is anyway identified in the world with the Bear" — though eventually it was the Tsarist coat of arms of the Double-headed eagle that was restored. Later, the bear was taken up as the symbol of the United Russia Party, which domi... read more

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