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Plaque commemorating the raid on Zeebrugge, 1918
Plaque commemorating the raid on Zeebrugge, 1918. Near rectangular shape. Obverse: Victory rising from a cloud, St George slaying the dragon in the background. 'ZEEBRUGGE ON ST GEORGE'S DAY APRIL 23D 1918'. Reverse: 'TO SIX VERY GALLANT GENTLEMEN: LT R.D.SANDFORD V.C., R.N. LT. J.HOWELL-PRICE D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N.R. STO. H.C.BENDALL C.G.M. LDG. SEA W.G.CLEAVER C.G.M., D.S.M. PETTY OFFICER WHARNER C.G.M. E.R.A. A.G. ROXBURGH C.G.M. 1918-1927'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC3026 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Plaque |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Soete, Pieter de |
| Events: | World War I, 1914-1918; World War I: Zeebrugge Raid, 1918 |
| Date made: | 1927 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 81 x 42 mm |