Lot 836
Germany, The Watch on the Rhine ‑ and The Black Shame, cast bronze medal, 1920, by Karl Goet

Ancient, Medieval & Milled British, World & Islamic Coins | 113
Auction: 18 October 2023 at 10:00 BST
£696
Description
Germany, The Watch on the Rhine ‑ and The Black Shame, cast bronze medal, 1920, by Karl Goetz 58mm. Helmeted head of a French colonial soldier to right, DIE WACHT AM RHEIN, rev. naked woman tied to a post in the form of a phallus, surmounted by a helmet, DIE SCHWARZE SCHANDE, the black shame. (Kienast 264; Jones, Dance of Death, 52; Jones, Art of the Medal, 399). About Extremely Fine, brown toning.

