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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.'
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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 |
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