Medal commemorating the Monument to the Fallen at the battle of Copenhagen
Medal commemorating the Monument to the Fallen at the Battle of Copenhagen, 1804. Obverse: View of the monument on a mound. Legend: 'DE FALDT MEN DANMARK STOD.' Exergue: 'FULDFØRT . D . 2 . APR . 1804.' Reverse: Within a laurel and oak wreath a pennant wound on a staff (horizontally), inscription above, date below. Inscription: 'FORTIENT . VED MOD OG . BLOD . D . 2. APRIL 1801.' (To the heroes who shed their blood, 2 April 1801.) (School of Nuremberg)
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Object Details
ID: | MEC0336 |
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Collection: | Coins and medals |
Type: | Medal |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Loos, Daniel Friedrich |
Places: | Germany |
Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 |
Date made: | 1804 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 37 mm |