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Medal commemorating Grossadmiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930)
Medal commemorating Grossadmiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930). Obverse: Bust of Admiral von Tirpitz in overcoat and order (three-quarter left). Inscription: (left) 'v TIRPITZ 1915'; (right) 'GROSSADMIRAL'. Legend: 'EIN TODESPFEIL IM HERTZEN ENGLANDS IST JEDES DEUTSCHE SCHIFF . HERWEGH'. (Every German ship is an arrow of death in the heart of England). Reverse: A man on a submarine throwing a line to a boatload of men in the foreground; behind a steamer, sinking by the bows, two large rats (right). Legend: 'PAROLESCHIFF VERSENKEN - MENSCHEN RETTEN.' (Orders - Sink the ship, save the men.)
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2350 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Grünthal, Hugo; Sturm, Paul |
| Places: | Germany |
| Date made: | 1915 |
| People: | Tirpitz, Alfred Peter Friedrich von; Tirpitz, Alfred Peter Friedrich von P. Sturm Grünthal, Hugo |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 35 mm |