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
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