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Description: | obverse design: General Hermann Kövess von Kövesshàza, portrait bust, left profile, in uniform and képi.
obverse text: 'GENERAL.HERMANN VON KOEVESS'
reverse design: sword, lying across the body of a serpent, the raised tail of which is coiled round a sceptre. Behind the serpent, right, a
spring of laurel and column marked 'ESTÜR MUNG DES LOWCEN'. In the distance a mountain range.
reverse text: 'KAPITULATION.MONTENEGROS' & '13.JANUAR.1916'
This 1916 portrait medallion by Goetz commemorates the capture by Austro-Hungarian forces of the key Montenegrin
position of Mount Lovchen (or Lovcen, known as 'the Gibraltar of the Adriatic') and pays formal tribute to the part played by General
Hermann von Kövess and his Third Army (part of Army Group Mackensen). Following the conquest of Serbia at the end of 1915, Austria-Hungary
attacked Serbia's neighbour and ally Montenegro on 8 January 1916. The Montenegrins retreated to their capital, Cetinje, which was
subsequently captured by the Austrians. The text on the column on the reverse design of the medal is translated as - 'Storming of Lovchen'.
Montenegro formally surrendered on 17 January 1916. See also notes to MED 324. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Eastern Front & Lovchen Hermann von Capture of & 11/1/1916 Koevess portrait / personification commemorative First World War AH.A | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Goetz, Karl | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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