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Description: | obverse design : Grossadmiral Anton Haus, bust, full face slightly inclined to right, in uniform
obverse text : "GROSSADMIRAL ANTON HAUS"
reverse design : battleship, Austro-Hungarian dreadnought ('Viribus Unitis' class), steaming from right to left
Medal commemorating Admiral Anton Haus (1851-1917), Commander in Chief of the Austro-Hungarian navy 1914-1917 - one of
a series of portraits produced by Bachmann during the First World War. Haus espoused a cautious naval strategy, preferring to retain his
'fleet in being' in order to deter Allied naval operations in the Mediterranean and Adriatic. A supporter of the German policy of
unrestricted submarine warfare he died of pneumonia in August 1917. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Anton First World War & 1914 = 1917 AH.N portrait / personification Haus | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Bachmann, R | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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