Medal commemorating the Monument to the Fallen at the battle of Copenhagen

Medal commemorating the Monument to the Fallen at the Battle of Copenhagen, 1804. Obverse: View of the monument on a mound. Legend: 'DE FALDT MEN DANMARK STOD.' Exergue: 'FULDFØRT . D . 2 . APR . 1804.' Reverse: Within a laurel and oak wreath a pennant wound on a staff (horizontally), inscription above, date below. Inscription: 'FORTIENT . VED MOD OG . BLOD . D . 2. APRIL 1801.' (To the heroes who shed their blood, 2 April 1801.) (School of Nuremberg)

Object Details

ID: MEC0336
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Loos, Daniel Friedrich
Places: Germany
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801
Date made: 1804
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 37 mm
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