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Medal commemorating the return of the submarine 'Deutschland', 1916
Medal commemorating the return of the submarine 'Deutschland', 1916.
Obverse: A beaver breaking through a submarine net under water, water plants growing from the bottom. Legend: 'DRÜBER WEG NICHT! - DRUNTER DURCH!' (No way that side, through down here!)
Reverse: Two men in a boat hauling up a net, another in the distance doing the same near the shore, inscription below. Legend: 'ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE I . FAHRTUND GLÜCKLICHE HEIMKEHR DES . H : U . BOOTES : DEUTSCHLAND 23 . 8 . 1916.' (A souvenir of the voyage and happy home-coming of the U-boat 'Deutschland'. 23.8.1916.) Inscription: 'LORD CECIL dem Grossbritannischen Blockademinister gewidmet.' (Presented to Lord Cecil, Great Britain's Minister of Blockade.)
Obverse: A beaver breaking through a submarine net under water, water plants growing from the bottom. Legend: 'DRÜBER WEG NICHT! - DRUNTER DURCH!' (No way that side, through down here!)
Reverse: Two men in a boat hauling up a net, another in the distance doing the same near the shore, inscription below. Legend: 'ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE I . FAHRTUND GLÜCKLICHE HEIMKEHR DES . H : U . BOOTES : DEUTSCHLAND 23 . 8 . 1916.' (A souvenir of the voyage and happy home-coming of the U-boat 'Deutschland'. 23.8.1916.) Inscription: 'LORD CECIL dem Grossbritannischen Blockademinister gewidmet.' (Presented to Lord Cecil, Great Britain's Minister of Blockade.)
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2389 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Zehle, E. |
| Places: | Germany |
| Vessels: | Deutschland fl.1916 (German) |
| Date made: | 1916 |
| People: | Cecil, Lordfl; Zehle, E. |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 85 mm |