Germany, Imperial. A Wartime Patriotic Medal 1914 Newly Listed missing its obverse and reverse

missing its obverse and reverse centrepieces)

3 cm (l) x 2 cm (h)

Constructed of a double-overlaid sunburst pattern with eight points

being commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial

very minimal soiling of the ribbons due to age

Germany, Imperial. A Wartime Patriotic Medal 1914 Newly Listed missing its obverse and reverseAn ovular medal constructed of bronze, the obverse bears a knight slaying a dragon with a sword, underneath is the inscription DAS GROSSE DRESCHEN (THE GREAT THRASHING), the reverse bears the inscription LIEB VATERLAND MAGST RUHIG SEIN 1914 (DEAR FATHERLAND MAY BE QUIET), encompassed by an oak leaf wreath, with ornate suspension on a long thin black ribbon, measuring 37. 97 mm (w) x56. 68 mm (h), very fine.