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Description: | Medal commemorating the Battle of Jutland, 1916. Obverse: Jugate busts of Admirals Jellicoe and Beatty (three-quarter right), wearing full dress uniform. A laurel branch covers the lower portion. Legend: 'RESOLUTE IN ACTION JUTLAND MAY 31-JUNE I . 1916'. Reverse: Inscription (within laurel wreath), 'THE GERMAN . HIGH- -SEA . FLEET HELD AGAINST . ODDS TILL . ROUTED BY . INVINCIBLE MIGHT'. Legend (circular): 'STRUCK . UNDER . THE . AUSPICES . OF . THE . ROYAL . NUMISMATIC . SOCIETY . 1916 . AE . PRESIDENT.'
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | David Beatty medals Wheeler Jellicoe Charles Thomas Walter Gilbert of the Fleet John Rushworth | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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