This medal marks the beginning of WWI and a pro-German stance. The war was created out of tensions between the Triple Entente (France, Russia and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy). After the Serbs assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, the conflict increased as countries became involved resulting in our first world war.

Karl Goetz (1875-1950) was a well-known German medalist. In 40 years Goetz created over 600 medals. From 1913-1923 Goetz became widely known for his satirical metals which ranged from nationalistic to ridicule. He later conformed to the National Socialist standard and moved away from Expressionism doing medals of known figures in German history. Aside from a medal during the Weimar Republic in which he satirized Hitler in a negative way, he steered clear of contradicting the National Socialist party.