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Description: | obverse design : Death, in the form of a leering skeleton, kneeling to left, wearing skis and cap. His ski-sticks are
propped up and crossed in front of him forming a rest for his rifle which he aims to left. In the left background mountains
reverse design : laurel wreath, circular and extremely stylised, enclosing four lines of text
reverse text : ".DEM HERZOG.VON.AOSTA."
In this 1917 work (one of a series of satirical medallions by Eberbach entitled 'The Dance of Death') oblique tribute
is paid to the commander of the Italian Third Army, Duke Emmanuel Philibert Aosta (1869-1931). Aosta was responsible for the Italian
success of the sixth Battle of the Isonzo (during which his forces captured Gorizia in August 1916). It is possible that the medal
represents a tribute to the fighting qualities displayed by the Austro-German forces, in the most difficult and precarious of front-line
positions, in their defensive operations against the Italians . | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Duke of Aosta Weapons Death Amedeo satirical IT.A Italian Front & (?) 1917 | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Eberbach, Walther | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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