commemorative medal / Roger Casement, 1916

Roger Casement German medal. Medal, bronze. Obverse - Bust of Roger Casement to right; around - Roger Casement; initials BM to the left on field (B.H. Meyer of Pforzheim). Reverse - Two draped female figures seated on an arch which spans two countries. Both figures are menacled and clasp hands beneath a star, above which is the legend - Irland und Deutschland. That to left (one hand resting on harp) represents Ireland. Under the arch a shield of the emblems of both countries superimposed on a sword beneath which is the legend - Vereint in Leiden. To left a round tower and right BM. Diam. 2.375".;