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.

Object Details

ID: MEC2463
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
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