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Description: | whole : model
obverse design : Scourge of War, personified by a warrior naked except for sallet type helmet, on horseback, facing left. The horse is
rearing slightly and the warrior holds a sword in his right hand, blade resting on his right shoulder, and a flaming torch in his left. In
the background a fortress in flames
reverse design : sheaf and sword crossed, in saltire, the hilt of the sword adorned with laurel. An Iron Cross hangs from a ribbon which is
ornamentally draped around the sheaf and sword blade. On either side of this central motif equal components of the date
"1915"
exergue : "1914"
reverse text : "GOTT MIT VNS" (upper edge) & "EVROPÄISCHER KRIEG" (lower edge) | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Allegory First World War & 1914 = 1915 commemorative | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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