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Description: | obverse design : Admiral Reinhard Scheer, bust, left profile, in uniform
obverse text : "ADMIRAL SCHEER. DER SIEGER VOM SKAGERRAK."
reverse design : battleship, bow-on view, its guns turned to starboard, firing a broadside
reverse text : "31.MAI - 1.JUNI 1916." (above and to left of warship)
First World War portrait medal by Professor H Kauffman commemorating Admiral Reinhard Scheer and the Battle of Jutland,
31 May-1 June 1916 (known in Germany as 'The Victory off the Skaggerak'). In common with other German medallic tributes to the only major
fleet action between the British and German navies during the First World War, it was claimed by Kauffman as a resounding German victory.
The obverse text is translated as 'Admiral Scheer the victor of Skagerrak.' 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 Reinhard portrait / personification DE.N & German High Seas Fleet North Sea & Jutland commemorative Scheer | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Kaufmann, H (Professor) | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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