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Description: | obverse design: Kaiser Wilhelm II, bust, left profile, in uniform of Garde du Corps and helmet adorned with Imperial
eagle
obverse text: "WILHELM II DEUTSCHER KAISER"
reverse text: "IN AUFGEDRUNGENER NOTWEHR MIT REINEM GEWISSEN UND REINER HAND ERGREIFEN WIR DAS SCHWERT" [In enforced self-defence, we grasp
the sword with a pure conscience and a pure hand] & "1914" (at base). All text enclosed by decorative line work on otherwise plain
background. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Wilhelm II German Home Front & Reichstag Speech portrait / personification First World War Kaiser of Germany Wilhelm II's & 4/8/1914 | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Drentwett | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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