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Description: | Medal commemorating Grossadmiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930). Obverse: Bust of Admiral von Tirpitz in overcoat and order (three-quarter left). Inscription: (left) 'v TIRPITZ 1915'; (right) 'GROSSADMIRAL'. Legend: 'EIN TODESPFEIL IM HERTZEN ENGLANDS IST JEDES DEUTSCHE SCHIFF . HERWEGH'. (Every German ship is an arrow of death in the heart of England). Reverse: A man on a submarine throwing a line to a boatload of men in the foreground; behind a steamer, sinking by the bows, two large rats (right). Legend: 'PAROLESCHIFF VERSENKEN - MENSCHEN RETTEN.' (Orders - Sink the ship, save the men.)
caption: Medal commemorating Grossadmiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930); obverse
caption: Medal commemorating Grossadmiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930); reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Tirpitz medals H. P. Sturm Gr�nthal Alfred von | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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