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Description: | Medal commemorating the battles at Heligoland Bight, 1914 and Dogger Bank, 1915. Obverse: Two oval medallions joined by a knot, the upper inscribed '28 AUG 1914', 'MAINZ SINKING' and the lower '24 JAN 1915', 'BLUCHER SINKING'. Legend: 'HELIGOLAND BIGHT'; 'DOGGER BANK'. Two smaller medallions showing 'LION' (left) and 'ARETHUSA' (right). Reverse: Inscription, 'VICE ADMIRAL SIR DAVID BEATTY COMMANDING. VICTORIOUS ACTIONS OF HELIGOLAND BIGHT 28 AUG 1914 AND DOGGER BANK 24 JAN 1915'. Fitted with a ring. A smaller example of the larger medal; the inscription is shorter.
caption: Medal commemorating the Heligoland Bight, 1914 and Dogger Bank, 1915; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the Heligoland Bight, 1914 and Dogger Bank, 1915; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Mainz fl.1914 (German) David Beatty Blucher fl.1914 (German) medals Lion 1910 (HMS) Arethusa 1913 (HMS) Spink & Son Ltd Mountbatten Louis Alexander | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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