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Description: | obverse design and text: see MED 169
reverse text: "BESETZUNG VON LILLE 14.OKT.1914" (embossed around upper edge and in four lines on plain background) & "40" (embossed in very
small characters at upper left edge)
German First World War patriotic 'victory' medalet (or 'Victory penny', designed to be worn on a watch chain), number
40 in a series of over a hundred coin-sized pieces in silver, chronicling German naval and military successes of the first two years of the
First World War. The obverse bears the standard design for the series, a winged figure of Victory holding a flaming sword and victor's
laurel wreath crown together with the variant inscription, 'GOTT SEGNETE DIE VEREINIGTEN HEERE' ('God hath blessed the allied Armies'). The
reverse text commemorates operations on the Western Front and is translated as 'Occupation of Lille, 14 October 1914'. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | DE.A Western Front & German Offensive 1914 & Lille German Occupation of & 14/10/1914 commemorative First World War | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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