Medal cast
Two casts of a commemorative medal, obverse and reverse. Both are cracked. Obverse: Bust of Admiral von Tirpitz in overcoat and order (three-quarter left). Inscription: (left) 'v TIRPITZ 1915'; (right) 'GROSSADMIRAL'. Legend: 'EIN TODESPFEIL IM HERTZEN ENGLANDS IST JEDES DEUTSCHE SCHIFF . HERWEGH'. (Every German ship is an arrow of death in the heart of England). Reverse: A man on a submarine throwing a line to a boatload of men in the foreground; behind a steamer sinking by the bows, two large rats (right). Legend: 'PAROLESCHIFF VERSENKEN - MENSCHEN RETTEN.' (Orders - Sink the ship, save the men). NMM U4a.
Object Details
| ID: | SEC1450 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Gronthal; Sturm, Paul Sturm, Paul |
| Events: | World War I, 1914-1918 |
| People: | Tirpitz, Alfred Peter Friedrich von |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 16 mm x 115 mm |
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