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Medal commemorating the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914
Medal commemorating the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Maximilian Johannes Maria Hubertus von Spee (1861-1914) in uniform (three-quarter right). Legend: 'VICEADMIRAL GRAF VON SPEE'. Reverse: A nude female figure kneeling on the shore (right), her right hand across her face in grief; a cruiser sinking below; a sickle moon above.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2348 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Löwental, Artur Immanuel |
| 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 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 99 mm |