THREE COUNTS OF SPEE
$695.00
K-146
(Drei Grafen von Spee)
1914, Cast bronze, Death Commemorative medallion, 102.6mm, 236.20g, Frankenhuis 529
Obverse: Within a wreathed border the busts of the three Counts of Spee, viz., Maximilian, and his sons Heinrich and Otto. Legend, “Grafen von Spee. Auf der “Scharnhorst” der Vater Admiral unter seinem Kommando ein Geschwader, Klein an der Zahl, der jungere Sohn auf der “Gneisenau” Leutnant Otto als solcher auf der “Nurnberg” stand bei den Falklandinseln auf hoher See liegen Deutsche helden, liegen drei Grafen Spee” (On the S.S. Scharnhorst, the father, admiral, under his command a flotilla, small in number, the younger son on the S.S. Gneisenau, Lieutenant Otto in the same capacity on the S.S. Nurnberg, stationed off the Falkland Islands. On the high sea German heroes found a grave, the three Counts Spee). Incuse “KGoetz” on truncation of Otto’s left shoulder.
Reverse: Within a wreathed border The German eagle brings the heroes a laurel branch. December 8, 1914.
Grade: VZ+ (XF)