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Medal commemorating the English 'Appam' captured by the German 'Moewe', 1916
Medal commemorating the English 'Appam' captured by the German 'Möwe', 1916. Obverse: Bust of Lieutenant Berg in uniform and cap (three-quarter left) a distant lighthouse (right), the sea behind. Inscription: 'LEUTNANT BERG.' Reverse: Within a border of warships and torpedoes starboard-bow view of SS 'Appam'; inscription below and underneath, a seagull carrying a fish in its beak. Inscription: 'DIE VON DER DEUTSCHEN MÖWE ERBEUTETE ENGLISCHE APPAM, FEBRUAR 1916.' (The English 'Appam' captured by the German 'Möwe'.) Möwe is the German for gull.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2463 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | B. H. Mayer |
| Events: | World War I: Capture of the Appam, 1916; World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Vessels: | Appam (1913); Moewe 1914 (German) |
| Date made: | 1916 |
| People: | Berg, Ltfl; B. H. Mayer |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 41 mm |