Medal commemorating the wreck of the SS 'Berlin', 1907

Medal commemorating the wreck of the SS 'Berlin', 1907. Obverse: A wreck partly submerged close to a beacon, heavy seas breaking, inscription below. Exergue: 'GEDENKPENNING VERVAARDIGD VAN METAAL AFKOMSTIG VAN HET WRAK VAN HET. S. S. BERLIN.' (States that the example was made from copper from the wreck of the SS 'Berlin'.) Reverse: Inscription, 'O, I HAVE SUFFER'D WITH THOSE THAT I SAW SUFFER! A BRAVE VESSEL, WHO HAD, NO DOUBT SOME NOBEL (sic) CREATURE IS HER, DASH'D ALL TO PIECES. Tempest, 21 FEBRUARY 1907.'

Object Details

ID: MEC2276
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Rooy, A. T. van
Places: Netherlands
Events: Wreck of the Berlin, 1907
Vessels: Berlin (1894)
Date made: 1907
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 47 mm