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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Santinidollar, post: 8073722, member: 75866&quot;]This Karl Goetz medal is called Refusal of the German Peace Overtures. In late 1916, the Germans made moves toward a peace negotiation, which was rejected by the Allies. The obverse is obvious; on the reverse Goetz has Britain’s Lloyd George and a Russian ally shoving the bird into a cage. The war continued.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1401076[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1401077[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>K-187</p><p><br /></p><p>REFUSAL OF THE GERMAN PEACE OVERTURES</p><p>(<i>Friedensangebot der Mittelmächte</i>)</p><p><br /></p><p>1916, Blackened Cast Iron, satirical medal, 57.9mm, 52.60g.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; Two armored hands protect a dove with an olive branch in its beak. Inscription: <i>&quot;Friedensangebot der Mittelmächte, 12 Dezember, 1916.&quot;</i> (Peace offer from the Central Powers). K G in field below.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; Lloyd George allows the dove to be put into the cage while the door is held open by a trusty Russian. Poincare holds back all the other surly looking allies. Inscription: <i>&quot;Die Trauben&quot;</i> (The Doves).</p><p><br /></p><p>Grade: VZ</p><p><br /></p><p>From KarlGoetzMedals.com[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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