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whole: MODEL
obverse design : Kaiser Wilhelm II, standing facing left, wearing chain mail, cuirass, cloak and winged helmet, holding a sword in his
right hand and a shield in his left. He stands on the deck of a stylised craft which has an ornate raised prow in the form of a swan's head
and neck. Below the vessel stylised waves
obverse text : "DE ,,KAISER'' OP 13 FEB 1917 - AAN ONZE ZIJDE IS HET RECHT EN DE MORALITEIT OM DEZE TE LATEN TRIOMFEEREN MOET ELK BLANK
WAPEN ONS WELKOMZIJN"
reverse design : SS Amstelstroom, sinking, stern submerged, smoke issuing from her single funnel. In the left foreground two crowded
lifeboats and to the right figures in the sea. In the background two destroyers, smoke issuing from their sides indicating gunfire. The
design occupies the upper portion of reverse, remainder occupied by ten lines of embossed text
reverse text : "HET STOOMSCHIP ,,AMSTELSTROOM'' OP REIS VAN AMSTERDAM NAAR LONDEN IN DEN NACHT VAN 23 MAART 1917 DOOR DRIE DUITSCHE
TORPEDOJAGERS ACHTERHAALD, BESCHOTEN EN GETORPEDEERD, DE ZEE-LIEDEN IN DE REDDINGSLOEPEN BESCHOTEN GEWOND, GE-DOOD EN HAAN HUN LOT
OVERGELATEN" | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | North Sea (?) & SS Amstelstroom Sinking of & 23/3/1917 NL.O & SS Amstelstroom commemorative First World War | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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