Medal of Admiral Von Tirpitz Artist: Karl Goetz (German, 1875–1950)

1915

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

176.21 g, 12:00, 80 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.26045

Geography

Made in Germany

Culture

German

Period

20th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: ALFRED VON TIRPITZ GROSSADMIRAL. Bust facing front.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: GOTT STRAFE ENGLAND 18 FEBRVAR 1915. On the occasion of the beginning of the submarine warfare. "May God punish England, February 18th, 1915." (Of this medal Hill says"...His medal of Admiral Von Tirpitz, whether consciously or not, in artistically a lineal descendant of Joachim Deschler's medal of Hieronymus Paumgartner a Nurenberg church warden of the sixteenth century which is itself one of the richest instances of unconscious humor in the whole world of art..."). K. GOetz below near edge 6:00.
Provenance
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

medals

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