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Description: | obverse design : soldier, German infantryman, bust, left profile, in steel helmet, embraced by a woman who faces
him
obverse text : "WIEDERSEHN - 1918 -"
reverse design : soldier, standing with his family around a Christmas tree
reverse text : "FRIEDE AVF ERDEN!"
German First World War medal by Lotte Benter commemorating the end of the fighting and the return home of the German
Army in late 1918. In many ways a companion piece to her earlier work (MED 649, 'MIT.GOTT.FÜR.KÖNIG.UND.VATERLAND') which chronicled the
separation of the soldier husband from his wife and children at the outset of hostilities, this later work celebrates the safe return of
the German warrior to his wife and the unbridled joy of a family reunited. The obverse text is translated as 'Reunion 1918' and reverse
text as 'Peace on earth'. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Return to Germany of the & 11/1918 = 12/1918 DE.A German Army children Family commemorative | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Benter, Lotter | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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