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Description: | obverse design : hands, two, those of a soldier and a woman, clasped around the blade of a vertical sword, hilt
uppermost
obverse text : "KRIEGSGETRAVT"
reverse design : shield, surmounted by pickelhaube, equally dividing the date "1914"
reverse text : "MIT GOTT FVER KAISER VND REICH"
This early war medal by Goetz symbolically celebrates (and in the process encourages) the unity of purpose of the
German home and fighting fronts in 1914. Conformity to the national war effort, depicted as a life and death strugggle, is elevated by the
artist to the level of a religious obligation to be observed by soldiers and civilians alike. The obverse text is translated as 'Married in
war', and the reverse as 'With God for Emperor and Empire'. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | German Home Front & 1914 = 1916 commemorative First World War | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Goetz, Karl | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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