Four satiric medals designed by Karl Goetz, concerning the socialist revolution in Bavaria. Germany, [ca.1918-1920].
Kurt Eisner's figure appears on two of the medals. Eisner, a Jewish pacifist, leader of the socialistic revolution in Bavaria.
* Obverse: Kurt Eisner and his wife crossing near Bavaria's emblem, inscribed: "Verlassen - 8.Nov.1918" [date of Eisner's rise into power as prime minister of the "Free Republic of Bavaria"]. Reverse: three Bavarian knights, escaping the mob running towards them, headed by a man holding a flag with the inscription "Revolution". Surrounded by inscription: "des bayern-königs lieb garde" [King of Bavaria Body Guards]. Diameter: 56 mm.
* Obverse: Three figures, inscribed: "die räte republik"[councils republic] and "Baiern 7.-30.iv.1919". Reverse: two embracing figures (probably figures of Lenin and Gustav Landauer, Jewish-German anarchist who was involved with the establishment of the "Bavarian Soviet Republic"). Around them the inscription "Los vom reich" and "es lebel dies international" [long live the International]. Diameter: 56 mm.
*Two identical medals. Obverse: a large lion (Bavarian lion), chasing three figures - the socialist Jews Johans Hoffmann, Kurt Eisner and Gustav Lanauer. Around this image an inscription: "Kehraus im bayer" [farewell Bavaria] and "Landtag" [parliament]. Reverse: two pillars (representing Bavaria), shining sun behind them, and a herd of sheep. Surrounded by an inscription: "Bayern Treue 6. Juni 1920" [loyalty to Bavaria, and date of elections for Reichstag]. Diameter: 55 mm; 58 mm.
* Medal commemorating 20 years since the death of Otto von Bismarck, 1918. Obverse: Bismarck's figure, looking down from the sky, and a German inscription. Reverse: allegoric relief depicting a woman (defeated Germany) covering her face with her hand; next to her, on the ground, a crown and a sword. A figure mounting a horse is seen in the background. Diameter: 57 mm.