Medal cast

Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: An eagle, wings partly stretched, standing on a laurel branch, the sea below. Reverse: Inscription within a laurel wreath, 'DEM EHREN . VOLLEN GEDENKEN S . M . SCHIFFE SCHARNHORST GNEISENAU LEIPSIG NÜRNBERG 8 . DEZ . 1914.' (To the honoured memory of S.M. ships 'Scharnhorst', 'Gneisenau', 'Leipzig', 'Nürnberg', 8 Dec. 1914.)

Object Details

ID: SEC1434
Type: Medal cast
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hörnlein, F.
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 31 mm