Medal commemorating Count von Spee Count Otto and Count Henry von Spee and the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914
Medal commemorating Count von Spee, Count Otto and Count Henry von Spee and the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914. Obverse: Within a laurel wreath, three busts of the Counts von Spee (two three-quarter right, one three-quarter left). Legend: 'HEINRICH, MAXIMILLIAN, OTTO.' Exergue: 'GRAFEN VON SPEE AVF DER SCHARNHORST DER VATER' ADMIRAL VNTER SEINEM KOMMANDO EIN GESCHWADER KLEIN AN DER ZAHL DER JÜNGERE SOHN AVF DER GNEISENAV LEVTNANT OTTO AIS SOLCHER AUF DER NVERNBERG STAMD BEIDEN FALKLANDS INSELN AVF HOHER SEE LIEGEN DEVTSCHE HELDEN LIEGEN DREI GRAFEN SPEE.' (Maximillian, Otto, Heinrich, Counts von Spee. On board the 'Scharnhorst', the father, Admiral. Under his command, a squadron small in number. The elder son serving on board the 'Gneisenau' as Lieutenant, Otto similarly on board the 'Nürnberg'. Off the Falkland Islands, on the high sea, lie German heroes, lie the three Counts Spee.) Reverse: Within a laurel wreath, an eagle flying over the sea carrying a laurel branch, islands in the distance. Legend: '8 DEZEMBER 1914.' (8 December, 1914.)
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Object Details
ID: | MEC2439 |
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Collection: | Coins and medals |
Type: | Medal |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Goetz, Karl |
Places: | Germany |
Events: | World War I: Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914; World War I, 1914-1918 |
Vessels: | Gneisenau fl.1914 (German); Nurnberg 1906 [SMS] (German) Scharnhorst fl.1914 (German) |
Date made: | 1914 |
People: | Hubertus, Maximilian Johannes Maria; Hubertus, Maximilian Johannes Maria Spee, Heinrich vond Spee, Otto vond Spee, Heinrich vond Spee, Otto vond Goetz, Karl |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 46 mm |