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Description: | obverse design: Leutnant von Hersing, bust, full face slightly inclined to right, in uniform and wearing the Iron Cross.
At the base of design a scroll bearing text and around the remaining edge a laurel garland hanging from which, lower left edge, is the
badge of the Ordre Pour le Mérite
obverse text: "U21" (above von Hersing's left shoulder) & "HERSING" (on scroll)
reverse design: battleship, sinking, heeling over to one side, clouds of smoke obscuring the effects of an explosion. In the right middle
distance a second warship steams in the direction of the stricken vessel and between the two ships a sea horse. In the background a range
of coastal hills. At centre base of design the head of a trident
reverse text: "PATHFINDER" & "STR v GIBRALTAR" & "TRIVMPH" (all above hills) & "MAIESTICS" (below damaged battleship)
Association - person: described by Corbett, see Documentation, as 'one of the most adventurous of the German submarine
commanders' | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | U21's Navigation of the Straits of & 6/5/1915 DE.N & U21 Hersing (Commander) commemorative Gallipoli & HMS Triumph Mediterranean & Gibraltar Sinking of & 5/9/1914 Gallipoli & HMS Majestic portrait / personification Sinking of & 25/5/1915 Sinking of & 27/5/1915 First World War North Sea & HMS Pathfinder | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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