Medal cast

Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Bust of Admiral von Spee. Legend: 'VICEADMIRAL GRAF VON SPEE.' Reverse: Grieving nude woman on rock, a cruiser sinking in the distance.

Object Details

ID: SEC1432
Type: Medal cast
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Löwental, Artur Immanuel
Events: World War I: Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914; World War I, 1914-1918
Date made: 8 Dec 1914
People: Hubertus, Maximilian Johannes Maria
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection
Measurements: Overall: 5 mm x 51 mm