+
-
Medal commemorating the Captain of SMS 'Möwe', Graf Dohna Schlodien
Medal commemorating the Captain of SMS 'Möwe', Nikolaus Burggraf und Graf zu Dohna-Schlodien. Obverse: Bust of Count Dohna-Schlodien (left). Legend: 'KORVETTENKAPITAN BURGGRAF - GRAF ZU DOHNA - SCHLODIEN.' Exergue: '1916.' Reverse: A gull's head with a fish in its beak above waves. Legend: 'DIE MÖVE IM ATLANTISCHEN OCEAN." (The 'Möwe' in the Atlantic Ocean.) Exergue: 'EDWARD VII . FARRINGFORD . CORBRIDGE DROMONBY . AUTHOR . TRADER . ARIADNE APPAM . CLANMCTAVISH . EDINBURG LUXEMBURG . FLAMENCO . WESTBURN . HORACE . MARONI . SAXON PRINCE.' (List of ships sunk by the 'Möwe'.)
For more information about using images from our Collection, please contact RMG Images.
Object Details
| ID: | MEC2384 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Küchler, P. L. |
| Vessels: | Moewe 1914 (German) |
| Date made: | 1916 |
| People: | Dohna-Schlodien, Nikolaus zu; Dohna-Schlodien, Nikolaus zu |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 103 mm |