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Donation medal - Against a world of enemies Red Cross

Features

Location Austrian Empire
Type Membership medals › Donation medals
Year 1915
Composition Zinc
Weight 30.07 g
Diameter 45 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
346015
References Hauser 1# 1403
Peter Hauser; 2006. Katalog meiner Sammlung von Medaillen, Plaketten und Jetons / Volume 1: aus der Regierungszeit der Kaiser Ferdinand I. und Franz Josef I. = Catalogue of my collection of medals, plaques and tokens. Verlag Ferdinand Berger, Horn, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
, Klose# 3.5
Dietrich O. A. Klose; 2016. Europas Verderben 1914 1918: Deutsche und Österreichische Medaillen auf den Ersten Weltkrieg = Europe's Downfall 1914-1918. Staatliche Münzsammlung München, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

Series: Red Cross War Relief Office & War Welfare Office Medals

Obverse

Nude youthful hero holding a overly large sword, the double-headed eagle protexcting as an allegory of the Austrian empire. The enemy here personalized as a serpent winding around the hero's leg but the hero`s foot over the snake`s head.

Script: Latin

Lettering: GEGEN EINE WELT VON FEINDEN

Engraver: Wilhelm Hejda

Reverse

6-line inscription.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ROTES KREUZ. KRIEGSHILFSBÜRO . KRIEGSFÜRSORGE-AMT 1914-1915

Edge

Plain

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1915 

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