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An image showing 'Medal commemorating the Battle of Jutland, 1916'
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Medal commemorating the Battle of Jutland, 1916

Medal commemorating the Battle of Jutland, 1916. Obverse: A bulldog (Britain) swimming in the sea attacked by an eagle (Germany). Legend: 'ZUR SEESCHLACHT VOR DEM SKAGERRAK.' (To the naval battle off the Skagerrak.) Exergue: '31 MAI 1916.' Reverse: Death, drapery hanging from its shoulder, trampling on a boat filled with men, a ship in the distance. Exergue: 'TODESKAMPF ZUR SEE IM WELTKRIEG.' (Death-struggle at sea in the world war.)
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Object Details

ID: MEC2386
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: H. Lindl
Places: Germany
Events: World War I: Battle of Jutland, 1916; World War I, 1914-1918
Date made: 1916
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 73 mm
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