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Medal commemorating Lieutenant Otto Hersing and the submarine 'U21'
Medal commemorating Lieutenant Otto Hersing and the submarine 'U21'. Obverse: Bust of Lieutenant Hersing in uniform (front) within a laurel wreath. In field: (right) 'U21'; (left) the Order 'Pour le merite' suspended from a laurel branch which forms a border on left and right. Exergue: 'HERSING.' Reverse: Starboard broadside view of a sinking battleship torpedoed amidships, another in the distance, the shore beyond; head of a trident below. Inscription: 'PATHFINDER STR v GIBRALTAR TRIVMPH.' Below: 'MAJESTIC'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2458 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Ball, Robert |
| Events: | World War I: Sinking of HMS Pathfinder, 1914; World War I: Sinking of HMS Majestic, 1915 World War I: Sinking of HMS Majestic, 1915 World War I: Sinking of HMS Triumph, 1915 World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Vessels: | Majestic (1895); Pathfinder 1904 (HMS) U21 fl.1914 (German) Triumph 1903 (HMS) |
| Date made: | 1915 |
| People: | Hersing, Otto; Hersing, Otto |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 34 mm |