The 1914-1918 seamen's memorial on the Bryggen at Bergen, Norway.
A close view of the 1914-1918 seamen's monument on the Bryggen at Bergen, Norway. The monument consists of an old German horn mine made of iron. The mine sits on top of a concrete plinth that has two bronze reliefs embedded in it. One relief is of a fallen nude man and the other relief is of nude woman and child. Etched into one side of the plinth is: "1914-1918" and into the other side is: "Reist 6-2-1921". A cast plate on the mine reads "FORDUM TIL SJÖMANDENS JAMMER OG DÖD. NU TIL HANS VELFÆRD, TRYGHED OG BRÖD." A vertical format negative.
Object Details
| ID: | P90800 |
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| Type: | Sheet film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Marine Photo Service |
| Date made: | 1930-1939 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 168 mm x 116 mm |