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Medal commemorating Admiral John Arbuthnot Fisher (1841-1920), First Sea Lord
Medal commemorating Admiral John Arbuthnot Fisher (1841-1920), First Sea Lord. Obverse: Death with left arm upraised crouching over a battleship blowing up and sinking. Legend: 'BRITANNIA . RULE THE WAVES . THOUGH?' Reverse: Within a cartouche shaped like a pentagram with scalloped edge, inscription, 'DEM ERSTEN SEELORD FISHER 1916.' (Admiral Lord Fisher, First Sea Lord.) A bent trident below.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2394 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Eberbach, W. |
| Places: | Germany |
| Date made: | 1916 |
| People: | Fisher, John Arbuthnot; Eberbach, W. |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 69 mm |
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