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Description: | Medal commemorating the Battle of Jutland, 1916. Obverse: Foreward starboard view of the 'Lion' under steam firing guns, shells bursting in the water around her; three German vessels in the distance. Exergue: 'XXXI . MAY'. Below this: 'MDCCCCXVI.' Reverse: An upright anchor entwined with two laurel wreaths enclosing the names of 'JELLICOE' and 'BEATTY' and above, a naval crown. Legend: (upper semicircle) 'THE . VICTORY . OF . JUTLAND . BANK'; (lower semi-circle) 'AUSP. REG. SOC. NUMISMATICAE.'
caption: Medal commemorating the Battle of Jutland, 1916; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the Battle of Jutland, 1916; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | David Beatty medals Lion 1910 (HMS) Jellicoe of the Fleet John Rushworth | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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