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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Santinidollar, post: 7801960, member: 75866&quot;]Here’s my latest Karl Goetz medal — “Revolution in Bavaria.” It’s his sarcastic take on the short-lived Bavarian Republic during the German Revolution in 1918-19. It was intended to be a socialist state known as the Munich Soviet Republic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additional information from karlgoetzmedals.com</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339835[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1339836[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>K-214</p><p><br /></p><p>REVOLUTION IN BAVARIA</p><p>(Kurt Eisner, Umsturz in Bayern)</p><p><br /></p><p>1918, Cast bronze, Satirical medal, 58.0mm, 63.0g, Frankenhuis 1487.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Caricature of Bavarian social-democrat Kurt Eisner, mounted on the Bavarian Lion wearing a Liberty Cap. In border, &quot;<i>Und Minister President bin ich, Curt Eisner</i>•I•&quot; (And prime-minister am I, Curt Eisner •I•). In exergue, &quot;8•Nov•1918&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Death, lifting two doors from their hinges; one is decorated with the Bavarian Coat of Arms and marked wiith date 1180, which suggests the regentship of&nbsp; Wittelsbacher since 1180; the other door is dated 1808 and inscribed, &quot;<i>Verfassung</i>&quot; (Constitution). In his right hand he holds a balance scale with a pipe on one side and a crown on the other. On the ground lies the shattered king&#039;s crown and orb. Inscription, &quot;<i>Umsturz • in • Bayern</i>&quot; (Revolution in Bavaria). K G at the base of the two pillars.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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