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Description: | SILBER 800
in small, sloping characters
obverse design: Grossadmiral Alfred von Tirpitz, bust, face slightly inclined to left, in uniform
obverse text: "EIN TODESPFEIL IM HERZEN ENGLANDS IST JEDES DEUTSCHE SCHIFF.HERWEGH." (around edge) & "v. TIRPITZ 1915" (above subject's
right shoulder) & "GROSS ADMIRAL" (one word above the other above left shoulder)
reverse design: lifeboat occupied by eight figures alongside the conning tower of a submarine. Three figures stand in the conning tower and
a flag flies from its short mast. In the background the stern of a large sinking steamship and immediately beneath the stern two large rat-
like shapes (see Notes)
reverse text: "PAROLESCHIFF VERSENKEN-MENSCHEN RETTEN" | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | First World War & Submarine Operations Tirpitz DE.N portrait / personification German & 1915 commemorative Alfred von | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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