103173 | GERMANY & UKRAINE. General Felix Graf von Bothmer silver Medal.

103173  |  GERMANY & UKRAINE. General Felix Graf von Bothmer silver Medal. Issued 1915. Commemorating the Battle of the Strypa River (33mm, 18.50 g, 12h). By August Hummel at the Ludwig Christian Lauer mint in Nürnberg.

 

GENERAL GRAF v. BOTHMER, uniformed bust facing slightly left // TROTZIG U KÜHN WEHRST DU DEM MÄCHTIGEN FEINDE, WARFST ÜBER DIE STRYPA IHN SIEGREICH ZURÜCK (defyingly and boldly you defended the mighty enemy, throwing him back victoriously over the Strypa), seminude male soldier standing right, holding sword and resting hand upon German shield deflecting arrows. Edge: SILBER 990.

 

Zetzmann 4088 (R). PCGS SP-64. Exceedingly vibrant and prooflike, with deep toning offering great color across both sides.

 

Commander of the II Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps, Felix Graf von Bothmer, along with with Austro-Hungarian ally, Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin, was involved in the Battle of the Strypa River. The Strypa, located in Western Ukraine just to the southwest of Ternopil, was the location of a Russian offensive in December 1915 and, though boasting slightly superior numbers than the combined forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany, Russia would suffer casualties two to three times those of the other side, which ultimately resulted in Russia's defeat there by the Central Powers.

 

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