Medal commemorating the glory of the submarine. Obverse: A giant, a club raised in his right hand, wading to the waist in water, pierced to the heart by a spear from a Triton swimming beneath the surface. Reverse: The German ensign on a staff, blowing out; below, an inscription, a spray of laurel underneath, in praise of the submarine: 'MEERESTÜCKE UMGIBT DICH, VERNICHTUNG DROHT DIR VOM FEIND, -DOCH GEFAHR NICHT ACHTEND SUCHST IHN, VERDIRBST IHN, SCHÜTZST HEIMAT UND HERD HERRLICHES U-BOAT!' (Describing it as a defence from evil-wishers, keeping constant watchfulness, the protector of hearth and home; magnificent U-boat)