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Medal commemorating the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914

Medal commemorating the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914. Obverse: Three busts, (three-quarter right), the centre one (the Admiral) showing in full, all in undress uniform, heads in line. Above: 'DREI HELDEN ZUR SEE.' (Three heroes at sea.) Exergue: 'ADMIRAL GRAF v. SPEE GRAF OTTO GRAF HEINRICH.' (Admiral Count von Spee, Count Otto, Count Henry.) Reverse: Three seagulls circling over the sea; rays from under a cloud behind them. Below (right): 'VERL BALL BERLIN.' Exergue: '8 . 12 . 1914.'
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Object Details

ID: MEC2345
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Display - Sea Things Gallery
Creator: Eue, Franz
Places: Germany
Events: World War I: Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914; World War I, 1914-1918
Date made: 1914
People: Hubertus, Maximilian Johannes Maria; Hubertus, Maximilian Johannes Maria Spee, Heinrich vond Spee, Otto vond Eue, Franz
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 112 mm