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Description: | SILBER 890
obverse design : triton, piercing the side of a half-submerged sea giant with his harpoon. The sea giant is wielding a
massive club
reverse design : German naval ensign, flying above six lines of text. At the base, beneath text, a laurel branch
reverse text : "MEERESTÜCKE UMGIBT DICH, VERNICHTUNG DROHT DIR VOM FEIND, - DOCH GEFAHR NICHT ACHTEND SUCHST IHN, VERDIRBST IHN, SCHÜTZST
HEIMAT UND HERD HERRLICHES U-BOOT!"
German First World War medal by the unidentified 'EW' (published by Lauer of Nuernberg) which dramatically celebrates
the Imperial German Navy's U-boat operations and the heroism of the submarine crews, in the life or death struggle against the Allied
powers. The reverse text makes indirect reference to the naval blockade of Germany and is translated as 'Sea malice surrounds thee,
destruction by the enemy threatens thee, nevertheless, disregarding danger, thou seekest him, destroyest him, protectest hearth and home,
glorious U-boat!' | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | First World War & Submarine Operations German & 1914 = 1918 DE.N & [submarine service] commemorative | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Lauer, L Christian (Nuernberg) | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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