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Description: | Medal commemorating the defence of Colberg and Paul von Werner, 1760. Obverse: Bust of General von Werner in a cloak (right), bare-headed. Cross of decoration round neck. Legend: 'PAULUS A WERNER COLBERGAE LIBERATOR.' (Paul V . Werner, the liberator of Kolberg.) Reverse: A warrior in a helmet, with the shield of Prussia, standing on the shore protecting the crouching figure of a woman in a mural crown, holding the shield of Colberg from the attack of a sea monster. Legend: 'RES SIMILIS FICTAE.' (A fact similar to fiction.) Exergue: 'POMERAN . LIBERATA MDCCLX.' (Pomerania liberated 1760.)
caption: Medal commemorating the defence of Colberg and P von Werner, 1760; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the defence of Colberg and P von Werner, 1760; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Werner Genfl N. Georgi P von | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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