Medal cast

Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Bust of Captain von Muller. In the field: 'KAPITAN V. MULLER'. Legend: 'NAVIGARE NECESSE EST VIVERE NON NECESSE'. Reverse: View of cruiser Emden. Exergue: 'KREUZER "EMDEN" UNTERGANG A.11 NOV.1914.' Commemorates the sinking of the 'Emden'.

Object Details

ID: SEC1427
Type: Medal cast
Display location: Not on display
Events: World War I: Destruction of the Emden, 1914; World War I, 1914-1918
Vessels: Emden (1908)
Date made: 11 Nov 1914
People: Müller, Karl Friedrich Max von
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection
Measurements: Overall: 7 mm x 33 mm