De Kaiser Op 13 Feb 1917, Aan Onze Zijde is Het Recht en de Moraliteit, Om Deze Te Laten Triomfeeren Moet Elk Blank Wapen ons Welkom Zijn [The Emperor on 13 Feb 1917, On our side is the justice and the morality, to let this triumph any white weapon should

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De Kaiser Op 13 Feb 1917, Aan Onze Zijde is Het Recht en de Moraliteit, Om Deze Te Laten Triomfeeren Moet Elk Blank Wapen ons Welkom Zijn [The Emperor on 13 Feb 1917, On our side is the justice and the morality, to let this triumph any white weapon should be welcome to us]
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  • Title :     De Kaiser Op 13 Feb 1917, Aan Onze Zijde is Het Recht en de Moraliteit, Om Deze Te Laten Triomfeeren Moet Elk Blank Wapen ons Welkom Zijn [The Emperor on 13 Feb 1917, On our side is the justice and the morality, to let this triumph any white weapon should be welcome to us]
  • Artist:     L.M. Smith Designer Unknown, Maker
  • Accession:     TD1990.253.16
  • Country:     Netherlands Amsterdam
  • Date:     1917
  • Dimensions:     Inches 3 diameter, Centimeters 7.6 diameter
  • Collection:     Object
  • Collection Theme:     War and Political Propaganda
  • Subject:     Portraits , World War I 1914-1918 , Medal/Medallion/Medallic Design
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     TD1990.253.16 OBVERSE.JPG, TD1990.253.16 REVERSE.JPG
  • Tags:     War and Political Propaganda
Description:
Circular bronze medallion with obverse depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II as the swan-knight Lohengrin standing on an ironclad swan boat encircled with an inscription from a February speech; reverse depicts the neutral Dutch steamer Amstelstroom which was sunk by a trio of German torpedo crafts on March 23, 1917. [See research notes].