K-172
GENERAL HERMANN VON KOEVESS

(Erstüurmung des Lovtchen)

1916, Cast bronze, Portrait medal, 66.2mm, 94.10g, Edge-punched "KGoeTz", Frankenhuis 353.
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Obverse: Bust of "General • Hermann • von • Koevess", 1eft, in uniform. KGoetz incised into shoulder truncation.

Reverse: Serpent around a marshall's staff and sword. In the background, mountains. A slab inscribed, "Erstiirmung des Lowcen" (Assault of Lovcen). In border, "Kapitulation - Montenegros 13. Januar 1916".

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This piece is also known in the following composition and size:

  • 68mm Blackened Cast Iron
  • 68mm Cast silver, edge-stamp "SILBER"

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To commemorate the capture of Mount Lovtchen in Montenegro on January 13, 1916 under General Koevess.