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Description: | SILBER 990
in very small sloping characters
obverse design: Admiral von Tirpitz, bust, face slightly inclined to left, in uniform
obverse text: "GROSSADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ"
reverse design: Neptune, standing waist deep in the sea, facing right, holding a conch shell horn to his lips with his left hand and a
trident in his right. To his right, in the middle distance, a submarine and in the right background a lighthouse and coastal
cliffs
reverse text: "GOTT STRAFE ENGLAND" (around upper edge) & "18 FEBRUAR 1915" (in small characters above Neptune's right
shoulder)
Commemorates the German announcement of a submarine blockade of Britain (see also MED/69) | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | First World War & Submarine Operations Tirpitz DE.N portrait / personification commemorative German & (after) 18/2/1915 Alfred von | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Loewental, A | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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