Medal commemorating Captain-Lieutenant Günther Prien (1908-1941) and the sinking of HMS 'Repulse' and 'Royal Oak', 1939
Medal commemorating Captain-Lieutenant Günther Prien (1908-1941) and the sinking of HMS 'Repulse' and 'Royal Oak', 1939. Obverse: Bust of the officer. Legend: 'KAPITAN-LEUTNANT GÜNTER . PRIEN.' Inscription: 'U BOOT KOMM.' Reverse: Two ships, inscription: 'REPULSE' and 'ROYAL OAK', sinking. Legend: 'TORPEDIERT 14.10.1939.' Exergue: 'SCAPA . FLOW.'
Object Details
| ID: | MEC2484 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Goetz, Karl |
| Places: | Germany |
| Events: | Attack on the Repulse at Scapa Flow, 1939; World War II: Sinking of the Royal Oak, 1939 |
| Vessels: | Repulse (1916); Royal Oak (1914) |
| Date made: | 1939 |
| People: | (German Navy), Prien, Günther, Capt-Lt, fl.1939; (German Navy), Prien, Günther, Capt-Lt, fl.1939 Goetz, Karl |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 37 mm |