KARL GOETZ MEDALS. Germany. "Married in War" Cast Bronze Medal, 1914. Munich Mint. CHOICE ALMOST UNCIRCULATED. Kienast-152. 57mm. By Karl Goetz. Obverse: Male and female hands clasping, with sword dividing them; Reverse: <em>Pickelhaube </em>atop shield (blank for inscription). Pleasing brown surfaces with attractive lighter highlights.<p><em>A stock medal, this type features a blank shield so that a newly married couple could have their names engraved upon the reverse, commemorating their nuptials during the more hopeful days at the beginning of World War I.</em> From the Richard Jewell Collection.
