K-223
CARNIVAL 1919
(Fasching 1919)
1919, Cast bronze, Satirical medal, 58.3mm, 68.20g.
Obverse: The German eagle with a padlock on its beak and shedding tears is shown as a rock embedded in the ground. On his back; a May-pole with couples dancing around it to music supplied by four musicians; on the left, a crowd of agitators listens to a speaker; in the foreground, a reparation figure swings a hammer to destroy the Kaiser’s helmet. On the ground and in front of a board with "fourteen points", a Frenchman holds the eagle’s foot while an Englishman clips its talon (power). Inscription, "Fasching 1919".
Reverse: Devil’s head with serpents in place of horns; on either side, bombs entwined by serpents, symbolizing Bolshevism. Inscription reads “Die neue Gefahr im Ostem” (The New Danger in the East). On ribbon, “Bolshevism.”
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This piece is also known in the following composition and size:
58mm Blackened Cast Iron
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To show Goetz' sentiment that the German people had no reason to celebrate Carnival in 1919.
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