K-228
THE HISTORICAL GOLDEN PEN
(Die Historiche goldene Feder)
1919, Cast bronze, Satirical medal, 59.4mm, 49.30g.
Obverse: A quill and the Treaty of Versailles is shown with the signatures of Wilson, Lloyd George, and Clemenceau along with two unknown Germans, Herman Mueller and Dr. Bell. Inscription, "von den Deutschen nicht benzut" (not used by the Germans), Dated, June 28, 1919. K G in exergue bisected by document and seal.
Reverse: A hand, labeled "Serajewo" and holding a burning torch, rises from the ground and sets the world on fire. Another hand, marked "Versailles", feeds the raging flames with a broken and dead peace palm. Inscription, "Gedenktag zweier Weltverbrechen" (A Day of Commemoration for Two World Crimes.) Dated, in exergue, 1914 1919.
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To commemorate the assassination in Serajewo in 1914 and the signing of the Versailles Peace Treaty in 1919, both events falling on the same day but five years apart.
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