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Description: | obverse design : Sir Roger Casement, bust, left profile, his shoulders bared and his arms in chains. A rope is being tied
around his neck by a kilted Scottish soldier, personifying Britain, who stands behind him
obverse text : "ENGLANDS.TATE NDRANG"
reverse design : Statute book, marked "ENGLISCH GESETZ VM 1351", standing on end upon the spiked seat of a torture chair. A large sword,
partly obscured by the book, also rests on the seat. A spider is spinning a web over the back of the chair and Statute book. Beneath the
chair a skull, snakes writhing in its eye sockets, instruments of torture and rat
exergue : "ROGER CASEMENT" (on a background of crossed bars)
reverse text : "EDVARD.III.TOTE.HAND.LEGT.DEN STRANG VMs IRENLAND" & "3.AVG 1916"
In this 1916 satirical medal Goetz commemorates the death of the Irish nationalist, Sir Roger Casement, and condemns
British ruthlessness, especially in relation to its dealings with its Irish 'colony'. Casement had travelled to Germany to seek support for
an armed rising against British occupation and was arrested on his return to Ireland (by German U-boat) on 20 April 1916. He was removed to
London and within two months tried and convicted for treason. He was executed by hanging at Pentonville Prison on 3 August 1916. The
obverse text is translated as 'England's desire to act' and the reverse text as 'Edward III's dead hand puts the rope around Ireland'. The
Statute Book in the reverse design is a direct reference to the indictment framed under the Statute of 1351. Casement was accused of 'High
Treason, by adhering to the King's enemies elsewhere than in the King's realm, to wit, in the Empire of Germany, contrary to the Treason
Act, 1351'. The text on Statute book in the reverse design is translated as 'English law of 1351'. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Execution satirical Roger David Casement Sir Roger commemorative First World War British Home Front & Casement Execution of & 3/8/1916 | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Goetz, Karl | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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