Medal commemorating the battles at Heligoland Bight, 1914 and Dogger Bank, 1915

Medal commemorating the battles at Heligoland Bight, 1914 and Dogger Bank, 1915. Obverse: Two oval medallions joined by a knot, the upper inscribed '28 AUG 1914', 'MAINZ SINKING' and the lower '24 JAN 1915', 'BLUCHER SINKING'. Legend: 'HELIGOLAND BIGHT'; 'DOGGER BANK'. Two smaller medallions showing 'LION' (left) and 'ARETHUSA' (right). Reverse: Inscription, 'VICE ADMIRAL SIR DAVID BEATTY COMMANDING. VICTORIOUS ACTIONS OF HELIGOLAND BIGHT 28 AUG 1914 AND DOGGER BANK 24 JAN 1915'. Fitted with a ring. A smaller example of the larger medal; the inscription is shorter.

Object Details

ID: MEC1207
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Spink & Son Ltd; Mountbatten, Louis Alexander
Events: World War I: Battle of Dogger Bank, 1915; World War I, 1914-1918
Vessels: Arethusa (1913); Blucher (1908) Mainz (1909) Lion (1910)
Date made: 1916
People: Beatty, David
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 23 mm
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