Austria, WWI, SWEET & FITTING TO DIE FOR ONE’S COUNTRY, 1914, Medal, UNC

Austria, WWI, SWEET & FITTING TO DIE FOR ONE’S COUNTRY, 1914 Medal, UNC, Long oval, 48 X 23mm medal by Richard Adolph Zutt. Bronze, cast and silver washed. A highly stylized female figure, dressed in a Fornacetti “Doric” style pleated dress stands in a graveyard, between two vine covered crosses. She holds her arm up to shield her face. The date 1914 in stylized numbers is in the exergue/Within a pearled border, these words, written in a very “arte modern” font: DULCE/ ET/ DECORUM/ EST PRO/ PATRIA/ MORI. (Sweet and proper it is to die for one’s country.) Signed: OP Z above the word DULCE. (Other casts shows: OPUS ZUTT R A. Condition is good. Silver wash is worn, but there is no damage to the metal surface. From the T.H.G Collection. https://vimeo.com/1030829571.