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Description: | Medal commemorating the Hamburg Admiralty. Obverse: Time, in the shape of Saturn, winged and draped (left), holding his scythe in his left, placing a wreath with his right hand upon a naval rostral column, decorated with Minerva's shield, the arms of Hamburg on its base; a steering oar, cornucopia and caduceus leaning against it (right). Legend: 'FORTDAUERNDES GELINGEN.' (Continuing success.) Reverse: Within a wreath of oak (left) and of bulrushes (right) tied with a bow, inscription. Inscription: 'DEM NEUEN JAHRHUNDERTE DIE HAMBURGISCHE ADMIRALIT�T IM JAHR 1801.' (To the new century. The Hamburg Admiralty in the year 1801.)
caption: Medal commemorating the Hamburg Admiralty; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the Hamburg Admiralty; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Hamburg Admiralty | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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