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Description: | SILBER 990
in very small characters
obverse design: Kapitänleutnant von Mücke, bust, face slightly inclined to left, in uniform
obverse text: "KAPITÄNLEUTNANT VON MÜCKE"
reverse design: sailing ship, three masted, moving from left to right
reverse text: "KIELING-JNSELN 9.NOVEMBER 1914:HODEIDA 3.FEBRUAR 1915" [Keeling Islands 9 November 1914: Hodeida 3 February
1915]
exergue: "ZU EHREN EUCH UND EUCH ZUM RUHM HABT IHR GEHALTEN DEUTSCHE TREU - DER WELT GEZEIGT WAS HELDENTUM - IHR MANNEN VON DER EMDEN II!"
[In honour of you and to your glory, you have upheld German valour and you have shown the world what heroism means, you crew of Emden II!]
(in four lines and at the base a small Iron Cross resting on oakleaves)
Association - event: for details see Notes to MED/269 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Mücke DE.O & SS Choising DE.N & Ayesha (sailing ship Emden II) portrait / personification First World War & (von) Mücke's Journey from Keeling Islands to Hodeida & 9/11/1914 = 3/2/1915 von (Kapitänleutnant) commemorative | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Lauer | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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