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Description: | obverse design: see MED 117
reverse text: 'HELDENM.VERTEIDIG.VON TSINGTAU GEG.JAPANER U. ENGLÄNDER 27.AUG.-7.NOV.1914 (embossed in seven lines)
German First World War patriotic 'Victory' medalet (or 'Victory penny', designed to be worn on a watch chain) , number
47 in a series of over a hundred coin-sized pieces in silver, chronicling German naval and military successes, and those of her allies, in
the first two years of the First World War. The obverse bears the standard design for the series, a winged figure of Victory holding a
flaming sword and victor's laurel wreath crown together with the inscription 'GOTT SEGNETE UNSERE TAPFEREN HEERE' ('God hath blessed our
valiant Armies'). The reverse text commemorates the defence of the German colony of Tsingtau in the period August to November 1914 and is
translated as - 'Heroic defence of Tsingtau against the Japanese and the English, 27 August - 7 November 1914'. The number of German troops
stationed at Tsingtau during the siege is uncertain. The Marine Artillery and 3rd Marine Battalion formed the basis of the garrison which
also included reservists and volunteers who travelled to the base from all over the Pacific, and the crews of German ships residing in the
harbour. The commander was the Naval Governor of Tsingtau, Captain Meyer Waldeck. See notes to MED 176 and MED 256. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Tsingtau Siege of & 27/8/1914-7/11/1914 commemorative First World War China | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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