Medal commemorating the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914

Medal commemorating the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914. Obverse: An eagle, wings partly stretched, standing on a laurel branch, the sea below. Reverse: Inscription within a laurel wreath, 'DEM EHREN . VOLLEN GEDENKEN S . M . SCHIFFE SCHARNHORST GNEISENAU LEIPSIG NÜRNBERG 8 . DEZ . 1914.' (To the honoured memory of S.M. ships 'Scharnhorst', 'Gneisenau', 'Leipzig', 'Nürnberg', 8 Dec. 1914.)

Object Details

ID: MEC2442
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hörnlein, F.
Places: Germany
Events: World War I: Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914; World War I, 1914-1918
Vessels: Gneisenau fl.1914 (German); Leipzig fl.1914 (German) Scharnhorst fl.1914 (German)
Date made: 1914
People: Hörnlein, F.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 30 mm