KARL GOETZ MEDALS. Germany. Ludwig III, King of Bavaria Cast Bronze Medal, 1913. Munich Mint. CHOICE EXTREMELY FINE. Kienast-26. 79mm. By Karl Goetz. Obverse: Head of Ludwig left; Reverse: Putto, holding orb, and the Madonna, standing upon crescent and holding scepter, lifting Bavarian crown between them. <em>Edge</em>: Plain. Light brown surfaces, with some chasing in the fields on the obverse.<p><em>Ludwig III came to the Bavarian throne in 1913, serving as the kingdom s final monarch when it, along with the rest of the German states, had their monarchical structures disbanded at the end of World War I.</em><p> From the Richard Jewell Collection.