Germany before and after 1945 1918, Mais Monsieur, Satirical medallion designed by German artist Karl Goetz to comment on the self-imposed exile of Emperor Wilhem II to Amerongen in Holland in 1918, after his forced abdication in the face of the mutiny of the German Imperial Navy and the uprisings throughout Germany following Germanyªs defeat in the First World War. Obv: Frederick the Great holding the abdicating Kaiser Wilhelm II by the ear, a helmet falling from his head on the left. A windmill is in the background and in raised lettering around the top of the medallion is 'MAIS MONSIEUR!' or 'But Sir!'. The artist's initials 'K.G' are in raised detail beneath Frederick the Great's feet. Reverse shows Kaiser Wilhelm II's empty uniform as a scarecrow in a field with a sign around the neck which has in raised lettering 'WILHELM / DER DESERTEUR' or 'Wilhelm the Deserter'. In raised lettering around the top of the medallion is '9. NOVEMBER 1918'. A gallows in raised detail is on the right of the scarecrow. At the bottom of the scarecrow are two dogs, one of which is urinating on the uniform. Cast bronze EF
