NO RESERVE DISCOVERY ANTIQUE AUCTION
Dec 19, 2020
(your local time)
USA
140 58th St. Building B, Unit 5G Brooklyn, NY 11220
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A large collection combined from several NYC estates. Military memorabilia, order, art, Russian and Soviet posters, art glass, porcelain, decorative antiques and more...
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LOT 25:
A WILHELM II BRONZE PROPAGANDA MEDAL CIRCA 1915
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Sold for: $70
Start price:
$
10
Estimated price:
$100 - $150
Auction house commission: 28%
sales tax: 8.88% On the full lot's price and commission
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A WILHELM II BRONZE PROPAGANDA MEDAL CIRCA 1915
A German medal commemorated to the sinking of the "Lusitania". The obverse depicts a sunken liner with the inscription: KEINE BANN WARE! // GROSSDAMPFER / LUSITANIA / DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES / TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT / 5 MAY 1915. The reverse depicts a crowd in front of a ticket booth where a skeleton (death) is selling tickets. With the inscription above: GESCHAFT VBER ALLES.
Dimensions: D: 2 1/4 in., (5.7 cm.)
