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Medal commemorating the raid on Zeebrugge and Ostend, 1918
Medal commemorating the raid on Zeebrugge and Ostend, 1918. Obverse: St George on horseback spearing the dragon. Legend: 'ST GEORGE'S DAY . AND MAY THE 10TH 1918'. Inscription (on dragon): 'GERMANIA.' Reverse: Inscription above and below a band, 'ZEEBRUGGE & OSTEND'. Legend (outer): 'TO COMMEMORATE THE GLORIOUS DEEDS OF THE BRITISH NAVY'. Legend (inner): 'KEYES CARPENTER. ROYAL MARINES.' Inscription: 'WELL DONE VINDICTIVE, IRIS, DAFFODIL, BRILLANT, SIRIUS'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2103 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Spink & Son Ltd |
| Events: | World War I: Raid on Ostend, 1918; World War I, 1914-1918 World War I: Zeebrugge Raid, 1918 |
| Vessels: | Brilliant (1891); Sirius (1890) Vindictive (1897) Daffodil (1915) |
| Date made: | 1918 |
| People: | Spink & Son Ltd |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 32 mm |