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piece : obverse design : Crown Prince Wilhelm, on horseback, in uniform and cap, holding a sabre in his right hand. His horse rears to left
within a shell shattered landscape
piece : obverse text : "KRONPRINZ WILHELM" (right of design)
piece : reverse design : warriors, two, naked and wrestling. One, standing, laureate, forces the other to his knees, pushing his head back.
The kneeling warrior holds a broken sword in his right hand. Behind the two figures a gun barrel and, left background, a howitzer, smoke
and flames
piece : reverse text : "VERDUN 1916" (inscribed on tablet to the right of the figures) | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Western Front & Verdun DE.A Battle of & 21/2/1916 = 15/12/1916 Wilhelm portrait / personification commemorative Crown Prince of Germany | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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