Medal commemorating Captain Paul König and the submarine 'Deutschland', 1916. Obverse: Bust of König (three-quarter right) in undress uniform. Legend: 'KAPITÄN KÖNIG FÜHRER DER DEUTSCHLAND'. (Captain König, Commander of the 'Deutschland'.) Reverse: The U-boat sailing past the English coast, over which emerges from the clouds a giant hand trying to grasp the vessel. Exergue: In Gothic type: 'Zur ersten Amerika-fahrt des handels Unterseebootes Deutschland. V.23.VI-10.VII-1.VIII-22. VIII 1916' (To the first American cruise of the commercial submarine 'Deutschland'. From 23 June to 10 July; 1 August to 22 August 1916).

The inscription 'BM' above Paul König’s left epaulette is the mark of B.H. Mayer's Hof-Kunstprägeanstalt founded by Bernhard H. Mayer in Pforzheim in 1871. These initials appear on several of the firm’s commemorative medals that were made during the First World War, such as those commemorating Hindenburg and the Vice Admiral Graf von Spee.