Germania

Catalog No. 59

Pottery or stoneware, relief, 0.5L, pewter lid.

Text:
“In Treue fest, im Sturme treu.”
(Steadfast in loyalty, faithful in the attack.)
“Mit Herz u. Hand für’s Vaterland.”
(With heart and hand for the Fatherland.)

Germania is an ancient symbol personifying the strength, unity and liberty of Germanic peoples. The depiction here is taken from the Niederwalddenkmal, a monument erected near Rudesheim on the Rhine River following the Franco-Prussian War in commemoration of the founding of the German Empire.

See also No. 5047.

Price Ranges
Full-color: $75-$100
Ltd-color: $60-$80

     
     
MR 59
MR 59

 
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