German-hungarian 1914-1915 medal

[waffendude]

Can someone help me with this one
Who was it issued to
and what for
any value?

thanks

[Gerdan]

Description of the medal (sorry German). The sculptor who made the medal was August Gaul.

Zweiseitige Gußmedaille aus Eisen. Dm. 5,8 cm. VS: Der nach Westen schauende deutsche Adler, dahinter die Köpfe der nach Osten schauende doppelköpfige österreichische Adler in Hochrelief, mit Inschrift '1914-1915 / DEUTSCHLAND/UND/ÖSTER/REICH/UNGARN'; am unteren rechten Rand sign.: GAUL; RS: Zwei Rücken an Rücken kämpfende Krieger mit Schwert, mit Inschrift: ZUSAMMEN HALTET/EUREN WERT - UND EUCH/IST NIEMAND GLEICH/GOETHE.


Info on August Gaul:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Gaul


Gerdan

[Gerdan]

Here a part of a text dealing with GAUL and this special medal:

There is another war medal by Gaul with a quotation from Goethe, the so-called « ; ; Allies' Loyalty» ; ; (« ; ; Bundestreue» ; ; , 1915) medal (cast iron and bronze, 58 mm in diameter). In a contemporary press article it was described as: « ; ; In one direction the German eagle looks as if towards the west, in the other direction the double-headed Austrian eagle, as if towards the east. The reverse contains a relief sketch of two naked warriors, turning their backs to each other, swinging large swords behind their heads, in order to shatter everything in front of them.» ; ; . The text on the obverse reads: 1914-1915 above, DEUTSCH/ LAND right ; UND/ OESTERR/ REICH/ UNGARN left bottom ; above two eagles' heads are turned to the right and below one eagle's head turned to the left. The medal is signed GAUL at the right, bottom edge. On the reverse there are the two warriors with swords, as described previously, in the upper part of the flan, whereas the bottom half reads in four lines: ZUSAMMEN HALTET/ EUREN WERT· ; ; UND EUCH/ IST NIEMAND GLEICH/ GOETHE. This is a quotation from a poem composed in 1813 on the occasion of the battle of Leipzig. There is a dot border. This widely distributed medal was sold for 25 Marks. At the Hanau Museum there is a litograph of the obverse of this medal (with a reversed picture), and also the medal itself.


Gerdan

[waffendude]

Thanks Gerdan

so it's a pretty common medal?

[Gerdan]

Sorry, I don't know the circulation/edition of that medal.

Gerdan