WHM 49
- WHM 49
- Contemporary
- Medal
- Franz-Joseph I (Austria-Hungary), Wilhelm II (Germany), Ferdinand I (Bulgaria) and Mohammed V (Turkey)
- 1916
- Silver
- Struck
- Circular
- 33 mm
- 18.71g
- Zetzmann:3053
- Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut), bought from Auktionhaus H.D. Rauch GmbH, 85, lot 2285.
- 2009-11-28
- Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and Turkey. Medal engraved by F. König in 1916 commemorating the quadruple alliance between Franz-Joseph I (Austria-Hungary), Wilhelm II (Germany), Ferdinand I (Bulgaria) and Mohammed V (Turkey) during the first world war ‘united in the struggle for the cause of mankind’.
VEREINT / IM / KAMPFE / FÜR DIE / SACHE DER / MENSCHLICH / KEIT ! (in field, above), WELT-KRIEG / 1914-1916 (in field, on either side of the sword)
Busts of Ferdinand I and Mohammed V facing in uniform (upper left and right), and of Franz-Joseph I to right and Wilhelm II to left in uniform (lower left and right). Between the four busts a vertical sword with laurel wreath and the point piercing a dragon.
DURCH KAMPF ZUM SIEG 1914-16
Fama inclined to right, naked, sounding trumpet held in her left hand and holding in right a flag presenting the coat of arms of Germany, Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria; behind her, a soldier, naked but of loincloth, holding a sword in right hand and flaming torch in left, above his head.