POLAND 1915 The Capture of Warsaw Silver Medal. XF

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1915, Poland, Prince Leopold of Bavaria. The Capture of Warsaw Silver Medal. XF!

Mint Year: 1915
Maker: Ball (Berlin)
Reference: Zetzmann 4097.
Medallists: Franz Eue & Hugo Grünthal
Denomination: Medal - Prince Leopold of Bavaria / Capture of Warsaw
Condition: Struck with matte dies, light wear on high spots, otherwise XF!
Material: Silver (.800)
Weight: 16,54gm
Diameter: 34mm


Obverse: Uniformed bust facing, wearing pickelhaube and mirit medal.
Legend: PRINZ LEOPOLD VON BAYERN ("Prince Leopold of Bavaria...")

Reverse: Standing half-nude male figure, supporting sword with right hand facing. Date (5th of August, 1915) in fields. Landscape view with the City of Warsaw with St. Florian's Cathedral to right in background.
Legend: DER EROBERER VON WARSCHAU ("...the coqueror of Warsaw.")



The Great Retreat was a strategic withdrawal and evacuation on the Eastern Front of World War I in 1915. The Imperial Russian Army gave up the salient in Galicia and the Polish Congress Kingdom. The Russian Empire's critically under-equipped military suffered great losses in the Central Powers' July–September summer offensive operations, which led to the Stavka ordering a withdrawal to shorten the front lines and avoid the potential encirclement of large Russian forces in the salient. While the withdrawal itself was relatively well-conducted, it was a severe blow to Russian morale.

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