Medal cast
Two casts of a commemorative medal, obverse and reverse. Obverse: Men on one end of an airship, partly submerged, shaking their fists at a trawler steaming away in the distance. Above: 'L.19', the setting sun behind. Reverse: Beneath heavenly eye, inscription, 'FLVCH . DEN . BRITEN ZVR . SEE . FLVCH . EVREM SCHLECHTEN . GEWISSEN HILFESVCHENDE . SCHIFF BRVECHIGE . HABEN . VNTER . GEHEN MVESSEN.' (Curses on the British at sea, curses on your bad conscience. Shipwrecked men seeking help, must go down.) Below: A pair of scales; between them: '2 . 2 . 1916.'
Object Details
ID: | SEC1452 |
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Type: | Medal cast |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Goetz, Karl |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 9 mm x 52 mm |