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An image showing 'Medal commemorating Count von Spee Count Otto and Count Henry von Spee and the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914; obverse'
An image showing 'Medal commemorating Count von Spee Count Otto and Count Henry von Spee and the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914; reverse'
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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: Bust of Admiral von Spee in undress uniform (three-quarter). Legend: 'VICE ADMIRAL GRAF VON SPEE.' Reverse: On a rock over the sea, a nude woman kneeling in grief. In the middle distance a sinking cruiser, waning moon overhead.
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Object Details

ID: MEC2440
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: 50 mm