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Medal commemorating the sinking of SMS 'Dresden', 1915
Medal commemorating the sinking of SMS 'Dresden', 1915. Obverse: An eagle, wings partly stretched, standing on a laurel branch, the sea below. Reverse: Inscription within a laurel wreath, 'ZUM ANDENKEN A. DEN EHRENVOL-LEN VNTERGANG S. M. S. DRESDEN 14. MÄRZ 1915' (In remembrance of SMS 'Dresden' sunk with honour 14 March 1915).
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2453 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Hörnlein, F. |
| Places: | Germany |
| Events: | World War I: Sinking of the Dresden, 1915; World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Vessels: | Dresden fl.1915 (German) |
| Date made: | 1915 |
| People: | Hörnlein, F. |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 30 mm |