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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.)
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2442 |
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| 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 |
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