The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part I)

GERMANY, 60 Geburtstag von Gerhart Hauptmann [60th Birthday of Gerhart Hauptmann], 1922, a cast bronze medal by B. Elkan, bust right, rev. satyr playing pipes while sat on a skull surrounded by a serpent, 132mm, 907.62g (Menzel-Severing 237; cf. Rauch 109, 1935; cf. WAG 53, 1447). Extremely fine, a substantial medal £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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bt A.C. Eimer, September 1999

Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (1862-1946), a dramatist and novelist, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 1912.