the artist depicted the ship, mermaid and fish on the arms of his hometown of stolpmünde, which symbolize the town's main sources of income: the seaport, tourism and fishery respectively. the coat of arms can be found in various places throughout the city, with the most remarkable of these being the 1922 monument by sculptor josef thorak named "der sterbende krieger" (the dying warrior) which commemorates the 76 inhabitants that perished during the first world war.