Medal Commemorating the Torpedoing of SS Amstelstroom

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1917

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 144.78 g, 12:00, 75.1 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.87.29213
Geography: Made in Netherlands
Culture: Dutch
Period: 20th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: DE "KAISER" OP 13 FEB 1917: AANONZE ZIJDE IS HET RECHT EN DE MORALITEIT / OM DEZE TE LATEN TROMFEEREN MOET ELK BLANK WAPE ONS WELKOMZIJN man standing r. looking l. on top of flat mastless ship with swan-shaped bow on sea with stylized swirl waves, man holds sword in r. hand and cross shield with emanating rays and studs in l. hand, weards armor, winged helmet, and cape

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: HET STOOMSCHIP "AMSTELSTROOM" OP REIS VAN AMSTERDAM NAAR LONDEN IN DEN NACHT VAN 23 MAART 1917 DOORDRIE DUITSCHE TORPEDOJAGERS ACHTERHAALD BESCHOTEN EN GETORPEDEERD; DE ZEELIEDEN IN DE REDDINGSLOEPEN BESCHOTEN, GEWOND, GEDOODEN AAN HUN LOT OVERGELATEN steamship sinking into sea, two lifeboats l. foreground, people in water around sinking ship, steamships l. and r. background

Provenance

Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

medals

Marks

SMITH LE

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