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SLEEPWALKERS OF THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULA
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(Mondsüchtige auf Gallipoli) |
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1916, Cast bronze, satirical medal, 56.8mm, 67.90g, Frankenhuis -.
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Obverse: English Tommy carrying a model of an armed gunboat and French soldier crouched , aiming his rifle, are almost surrounded by a Turkish crescent. Inscription: "Die Mondsüchtige auf Gallipoli" (The Lunatics in Gallipoli). Reverse: The Tommy and French soldier are shown as skeletons who have fallen into a battlefield trench. Star and crescent at top and bisecting the years "1915-1916". KG seen on left and right horizon line. |
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| Recording the disastrous British naval and land campaign in Turkey in 1915-16. | ||||||||||||||||