Medal of German Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz Artist: Paul Sturm (German, 1859–1936)
Artist: Hugo Grünthal (German)

1915

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

438.11 g, 12:00, 112.9 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.29035

Geography

Made in Berlin, Germany

Culture

German

Period

20th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: EIN TODESPFEIL. IM HERZEN ENGLANDS IST JEDES. DEUTSCHE SCHIFF. HERWEGH. / V.TIRPITZ / GROSS / ADMIRAL / 1915 bust 3/4 l.,badge of Order between his double-pointed beard

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: PAROLE. SCHIEFF VERSENKEN. MENSCHEN RETTEN u-boat throws line to lifeboat from sinking merchant ship, two (larger than life) rats look on
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
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Object/Work type

medals

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