The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 9, 2026

A circular bronze medal depicts two figures in low relief with a warm, brown patina. On the left, a shirtless man with a bandaged head slumps against a rocky ledge. On the right, a kneeling figure wearing a helmet and trousers holds a small rectangular cup toward the first man's mouth. Centered at the base, a circular emblem containing the letters BN sits above a copyright symbol along a textured ground line.

Medal: World Unity or Oblivion (obverse)

1945

Berthold Nebel

(American, 1889–1964)
America
bronze
Diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1946.235.a
Location: Not on view
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