Medal of Otto Eduard Weddigen | Yale University Art Gallery

1915

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 95.08 g, 12:00, 60.5 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Langhorne Gibson, B.A. 1922
Accession Number: 2001.87.27055
Geography: Made in Germany
Culture: German
Period: 20th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: KAPITAINLEUTNANT V WEDDIGEN U9-U29, bust facing.

Reverse Description: Ship sinking with the crew of surfaced submarine looks on.

Provenance

Langhorne Gibson, to about 1946; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1946 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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