K-155
ADMIRAL ALFRED VON TIRPITZ

(Zum Beginn des "U" - Bootkrieges)

1914, Cast bronze, Portrait Medallionl, 81.3.mm, 180.70g, Frankenhuis 1425.
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Obverse: Bust 3/4 left, of Alfred von Tirpitz Gross Admiral.

Reverse: Neptune on a submarine, in left hand, a trident ; his right fist raised in victory over the sinking of a ship on the right horizon. Another ship in full sail awaits its demise from the sister German U-Boat to the right of Neptunes upraised arm. In border, "Gott strafe England 18. Februar 1915" (God punish England Feb. 18, 1915). K•GOETZ in exergue

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This piece is also known in the following composition and size:

  • 82mm Blackened Cast Iron

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