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Medal commemorating the Battle of Coronel, 1914

Medal commemorating the Battle of Coronel, 1914. Obverse: Winged Victory carrying a flaming sword in her right hand and a wreath in her left. Legend: 'GOTT SEGNETE DE VEREINIGTEN HEERE'. Reverse: Inscription, 'AN DER CHIL. KÜSTE VERN. DEUTSCHE KRIEGSSCHIFFE EIN ENGL. GESCHWADER 1. NOV. 1914' (Off the Chilean Coast German warships destroy an English Squadron. 1 Nov. 1914).
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Object Details

ID: MEC2429
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Ziegler, H.; Hörnlein, F.
Events: World War I: Battle of Coronel, 1914; World War I, 1914-1918
Date made: 1914
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 15 mm