The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 8, 2026

A circular bronze medal features low-relief carvings on two sides. On the first side, a shirtless, helmeted soldier kneels to offer a bowl to a seated man on our left. On the second side, a massive mushroom cloud rises from a horizon above prone, entangled figures. The text "WORLD UNITY" and "OR OBLIVION" flanks the explosion. A small circular monogram is stamped at the bottom edge of the first side.

Medal: World Unity or Oblivion

1945

Berthold Nebel

(American, 1889–1964)

Diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)

Dudley P. Allen Fund 1946.234

Location: Not on view

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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1946.234