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Description: | small faint characters SILBER 990
obverse design : Admiral Reinhard Scheer, bust, face turned to left, in uniform. Note narrow ornamental edge to
piece
obverse text : "ADMIRAL REIN = HARD SCHEER"
reverse design : naval engagement, warships in close combat in a crowded and shell-splashed sea. In the left foreground a warship steams
forward, its guns firing to port. In the right middle distance a stricken vessel sinks
reverse text : "SIEG AM SKAGERRACK" & "31.MAI-1.JUNI 1916"
Portrait medal commemorating Admiral Reinhard Scheer and the Battle of Jutland, 31 May - June 1916 (known in Germany as
'The Victory off the Skaggerak'). In common with other German medallic tributes to Jutland, the only major fleet action between the British
and German navies during the First World War, Hummel claims it as a resounding German victory. The reverse text is translated as 'Victory
off Skagerrack' (sic). Admiral Reinhard Scheer (1863-1928) became Commander-in-Chief of the German High Seas Fleet in January
1916. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Battle of & 31/5/1916 = 1/6/1916 DE.N & High Seas Fleet & SMS Friedrich Der Grosse Reinhard portrait / personification North Sea & Jutland commemorative First World War propaganda Scheer | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Hummel, A | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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