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Description: | design : monster, gigantic, having long ears and wearing Uncle Sam's top hat, its open mouth overflowing with coins and
its back stacked and crowded with artillery and munitions. The creature is sailing to left past a background of massed
skyscrapers
text : "1914" & "1917" (base of design)
Despite President Wilson's specific declaration of 'strict neutrality' on 15 August 1914, the USA displayed in the
period 1914-1917 a partiality for the Allied cause which was the source of bitter resentment in Germany. In this medal the German sculptor
Ludwig Gies (1887-1966) comments incisively on the reality of US business and industry exploiting to the full an export boom and sympathy
for the Allied cause, by willingly supplying vital war munitions and raw materials. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | satirical First World War & US Neutrality & 1914 = 1917 | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Gies, Ludwig | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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