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Description: | obverse design : dove of peace, a sprig of laurel in its beak, being held by a pair of hands enclosed by fluted-armour
gauntlets
obverse text : "FRIEDENS ANGEBOT DER MITTELMAECHTE" & "12. DEZEMBER 1916" (right of design)
reverse design : soldier, British, sitting, facing right, holding a dove before an open cage which is held by a Russian muzhik, standing,
facing left. Between the Briton and the Russian a top-hatted and bearded figure, President Poincaré, who stands in front of a small crowd,
representatives of the Allied Powers. All figures represented in caricature
exergue : "DIE TAVBEN"
In this 1916 medal Goetz commemorates the German peace offer of December 1916 and imputes to its proposals the
possibility of a real and widely agreed settlement. In fact the German terms reflected the preponderance of influence of military and pan-
German elements, whose clumsy and aggressive demands were summarily rejected by the Entente. The fault for the failure of the peace offer
is attributed by Goetz directly to the allies who are depicted as solely intent on re-caging the barely liberated dove of peace. The
obverse text is translated as 'Peace offer from the Central Powers' and the ironical snipe at the Entente in reverse exergue as 'The
doves'. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Allied Rejection of & 12/12/1916 satirical propaganda First World War & German Peace Offer | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Goetz, Karl | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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