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Description: | Medal commemorating the raising of the blockade of the Elbe, 1805. Obverse: The river-god, holding a cap of liberty on a staff, reclining below the lighthouse at Cuxhaven, welcoming two full-rigged ships under sail entering the river Elbe, over which Mercury, emptying his cornucopiae, is flying. Exergue: 'AUFHEBUNG DER ELBE BLOCKADE D . 9 . OCTOBER 1805.' (Raising the blockade of the Elbe, on 9 October 1805.) Reverse: View of Hamburg with vessels alongside the quays. Legend (in two lines): 'DER HERR HAT GROSSES AN UNS GETHAN DES SIND WIR FROEHLICH.' (The Lord hath done great things for us whereof we are glad.) (School of Nuremberg)
caption: Medal commemorating the raising of the blockade of the Elbe, 1805; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the raising of the blockade of the Elbe, 1805; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | D.F. medals Loos | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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