Medal cast

Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Bust of Lt. Baron Wedell. Legend: 'LIB . BAR . A . G . WEDELL SUBCENTURIONI REG. DAN.' Below: 'NAT . XX . AUG . MDCCLXI'. Reverse: Urn on pedestal with relief of boat under sail. Inscribed on base: 'DEN . VII D . MDCCLXXXI.' Legend: 'TEGITUR CAELO QUI NON HABET URNAM' (The sky roofs his bones who has no urn). Exergue: 'AMICO SUO CARISSIMO D . A . F . MOLTKE.' Wedell drowned in a boat capsize. Medal struck by his cousin A. F. Moltke.

Object Details

ID: SEC1403
Type: Medal cast
Display location: Not on display
People: Wedell, Baron A G; Wedell, Baron A G
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection
Measurements: Overall: 8 mm x 58 mm