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Description: | obverse design : baby, lying head to left, within a gigantic upturned pickelhaube. The helmet in turn rests upon a stack
of bombs, some of which are smouldering
obverse text : "IM.WELTKRIEG.GEBOREN"
reverse design : sapling, symbol of new life, straight stemmed, growing out of rocky soil, its branches bearing eleven
leaves
reverse text : "WACHSE U.WERDE"
In this enigmatic and troubling wartime piece Goetz offers hope for the future by celebrating and commemorating the new
generation of Germans, born in the midst of world conflict. The obverse text is translated as 'Born during the World War' and the reverse
text as 'Grow and become'. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Allegory German Home Front & 1914 = 1916 children 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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