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Medal commemorating the sinking of 'Leon Gambetta' by U5, 1915
Medal commemorating the sinking of 'Leon Gambetta' by U5, 1915. Obverse: A cruiser sinking by the stern. In foreground a submarine on the surface, broadside on. On a ribbon above: 'LEON . GAMBETTA- S.M.U. 5 . 27 . 4 . 1915.' Laurel leaves along edge all round. Reverse: Inscription (the words placed between horizontal lines), 'ROTES . KREUZ . KRIEGS- HILFSBURO . KRIEGSFÜRSORGE- AMT 1914-1915.' (Red Cross War-Support Bureau. War-Service Office.) Pearled border.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2152 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Schwathe, Hans |
| Places: | Austria |
| Events: | World War I: Sinking of the Leon Gambetta, 1915; World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Vessels: | Leon Gambetta fl.1915; U5 (1909) |
| Date made: | 1915 |
| People: | Schwathe, Hans |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 45 mm |