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Description: | Medal commemorating the sinking of 'Leon Gambetta' by U5, 1915. Obverse: A cruiser sinking by the stern. In foreground a submarine on the surface, broadside on. On a ribbon above: 'LEON . GAMBETTA- S.M.U. 5 . 27 . 4 . 1915.' Laurel leaves along edge all round. Reverse: Inscription (the words placed between horizontal lines), 'ROTES . KREUZ . KRIEGS- HILFSBURO . KRIEGSF�RSORGE- AMT 1914-1915.' (Red Cross War-Support Bureau. War-Service Office.) Pearled border.
caption: Medal commemorating the sinking of 'Leon Gambetta' by U5, 1915; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the sinking of 'Leon Gambetta' by U5, 1915; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | U5 fl.1915 (German) medals Hans Schwathe Leon Gambetta fl.1915 | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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