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Description: | Medal commemorating Lieutenant Otto Hersing and the sinking of 'Pathfinder', 'Triumph' and 'Majestic' by 'U21', 1915. Obverse: Inside a border of two laurel branches issuing from a cornucopia, half-length figure of Lieutenant Hersing in uniform, without cap; the order 'Pour la m�rite' suspended from a branch (left), 'U.21' (right). Exergue: 'HERSING.' Reverse: 'Majestic' torpedoed and sinking, another battleship in the distance, below her a small sea horse, hills behind. Inscription: 'PATHFINDER STRV GIBRALTAR TRIVMPH' (above); 'MAIESTIC' (below).
caption: Medal commemorating Lieutenant Otto Hersing and the sinking of 'Pathfinder', 'Triumph' and 'Majestic' by 'U21', 1915; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating Lieutenant Otto Hersing and the sinking of 'Pathfinder', 'Triumph' and 'Majestic' by 'U21', 1915; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Pathfinder 1904 (HMS) Hersing medals U21 fl.1914 (German) Majestic 1895 (HMS) Otto Triumph 1903 (HMS) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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