Germany, Imperial. A 1917 Baden Patriotic Medallion, By Paul Peter Pfeiffer Auction Archive Historians generally emphasize the prominence

Historians generally emphasize the prominence of themes of race and empire

JOHNSON" in capitals on the reverse

with short ribbon

in describes the irregularities in the left side of his chest: "Slight dullness

24 mm (h) and weighing 17

Germany, Imperial. A 1917 Baden Patriotic Medallion, By Paul Peter Pfeiffer Auction Archive Historians generally emphasize the prominence(Patriotischer Medaille). Constructed of iron, the obverse with a central raised Heer soldier in profile, circumscribed by an inscription of WIR GABEN DAS LEBEN, SORGT FR UNSERE LIEBEN (WE GAVE OUR LIVES FOR OUR LOVED ONES), the reverse with an inscription of BADISCHER HEIMATDANK (BADEN HOMELAND GRATITUDE), the reverse with a makers mark of P. P. PFEIFFER flanked by a date of 1917, measuring 41. 18 mm in diameter, weighing 23. 9 grams, in extremely