Historical and Art Medals

Germany, 1914. Germany. General von Emmich, Conqueror of Liege, a cast-iron medal by R. Kuchler and H. Grfinthal, bust of von Emmich three-quarters left, reverse naked figure of Fame in Prussian helmet, LUTTICH above, 94mm (BDM VII, 522). About very fine

Liége fell to German troops on 7 August 1914. Rudolph Kuchler, a prominent German medallist during World War I