KARL GOETZ MEDALS. China - Germany - Japan. Message for Japan Cast Bronze Medal, 1914. Munich Mint. CHOICE ALMOST UNCIRCULATED. Kienast-139. 57mm. By Karl Goetz. Obverse: Man with stereotyped features revealing mask; seven line inscription below translating to "<em>your true face does not surprise us, he who can be had for hire and goes marauding will receive a black eye in addition to his yellow skin in the German Kiauchau</em>"; Reverse: German soldier repels three-headed hydra with stereotyped features. Mottled darker brown surfaces, with some lighter highlights standing out.<p><em>Germany controlled Jiaozhou Bay (then called Kiauchau) as a colonial port in China from 1898 to 1914. Following the outbreak of World War, the Chinese government cancelled Germany s lease on the Kiauchau, with Japan poised to wreak havoc and see that the Germans left. This is one of many Goetz satirical medals throughout his series stereotyping ethnic features.</em> From the Richard Jewell Collection.
