Iron medal of German Empire - Lord Balfour and the "Lusitania", Satirical Medal – HCR98603

Obverse

Inscription:

DIFFICILE EST SATI RAM NON SCRIBERE / DIE · LVSITANIA · MVENZE / GIBT · LORD · BALFOVR / STOFF · Z · REDEN / 9·XI·1916

Design:

First Lord of the Admiralty Arthur Balfour showing Goetz’s Lusitania medal to Prime Minister H. H. Asquith (or David Lloyd George?) and Winston Churchill; Goetz in the background sketches the scene while being reprimanded by Lord Grey; Latin inscription a quotation from Juvenal (Juv. 1.1.29)

Reverse

Inscription:

ENGLISCHE HETZ ARBEIT IN SCHWEDEN / FLUG / BLATT / EIN / DEVTSCHER / SEE SIEG / LU / SITA / NI / A / M / EDAI / LLE / 1916 / K · G

Design:

Scots military piper, (personification of perfidious Albion) walking right whilst playing, wearing inscribed scroll

Information

Person

Sir Winston Churchill (subject) , Karl Goetz (artist)

Mint

Munich (Modern)

Technique

cast

Dating

1916

Period

Modern

Kind

medal

Metal

bronze or copper

Reign

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

53.71

Diameter (mm)

55.3

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition collection reference

Acquisition date

12/2020

Source

J. Eric Engstrom

Acquisition credit

Presented by J. Eric Engstrom, 2020.

Acquisition note

J. Eric Engstrom Churchill Medal Collection

Country of origin

Germany (German Empire)

Language (obverse)

Latin

Translation (obverse)

IT IS DIFFICULT NOT TO WRITE SATIRE

Language (obverse)

German

Translation (obverse)

The Lusitania medal gives Lord Balfour food for talk

Language (reverse)

German

Translation (reverse)

English bulletin. A German naval victory Lusitania Medal / English intrigues in Sweden

Reference

J. Eric Engstrom - 1972 - The medallic portraits of Sir Winston Churchill : 2B

Note:

p. 13

Reference

Art of Devastation : http://numismatics.org/aod/id/7513.7155.1560

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