KARL GOETZ MEDALS. Germany - Great Britain. Alfred, Lord Northcliffe Cast Bronze Medal, 1914. Munich Mint. MINT STATE. Kienast-150. 57mm. By Karl Goetz. Obverse: Half-length figure of Northcliffe facing slightly right, sharpening his quill upon whetstone; Reverse: The devil, holding torch and newspapers, seated upon the globe which he sets ablaze. <em>Edge</em>: K GOETZ. Deep violet-brown surfaces, with some underlying brilliance remaining.<p><em>Northcliffe at the time owned the world s largest newspaper chain, and here Goetz alludes to him moulding English public opinion, fanning the flames against Germany and using his pen (archaically represented by a quill) as a sharpened blade.</em> From the Richard Jewell Collection.
