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Description: | inscription, striking, 24 AUG 1914 'MAINZ'/24 JAN 1913/'BLUCHER' SINKING/LION/BEATTY/ARETHUSA/TYRWHITT/VICE ADMIRAL/SIR DAVID BEATTY/COMMANDING/1914/HELIGOLAND BIGHT/28 AUGUST/1915/DOGGER BANK/24 JANUARY/H.M. SHIPS ENGAGED/BATTLE CRUISERS/LION (FLAG)/QUEEN MARY TIGER/PRINCESS ROYAL/NEW ZEALAND, NEW ZEALAND (R FLAG)/INVINCIBLE (R. FLAG), INDOMITABLE/LIGHT CRUISER/SOUTHAMPTON FALMOUTH SOUTHAMPTON ARETHUS/BIRMINGHAM, LIVERPOOL BIRMINGHAM AURORA/ NOTTINGHAM, ARETHUSA, NOTTINGHAM, UNDAUNTED/LOWESTOFT, FEARLESS LOWESTOFT/DESTROYERS/33/35/ENEMY SHIPS DESTROYED/LIGHT CRUISERS/MAINZ, KOLN/ARIADNE/DESTROYER/V187/BATTLE CRUISER/BLUCHER
A bronze First World War medal commemorating naval victories in 1914-1915. On the obverse, there is a view of sinking ships - Mainz and Blucher, H.M.S. Lion, and an inscription. On the reverse, there is an inscription.
Material: metal, copper alloy, bronze | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.socialhistory.449934 | Go to resource |
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