102161 | GERMANY. Vizeadmiral Maximilian von Spee silver Medal.

102161  |  GERMANY. Vizeadmiral Maximilian Johannes Maria Hubert Reichsgraf von Spee silver Medal. Issued 1914. World War I series: the naval battle at Santa Maria (34mm, 18.37 g, 12h). By M. Ziegler & H. Grünthal in Berlin.

 

VIZEADMIRAL GRAF VON SPEE, uniformed bust facing slightly right / SEESCHLACHT BEI SANTA MARIA AM 1 NOVEMBER 1914, naval battle, with one ship sinking another in foreground; third ship in background. Edge: SILBER 990.

 

Zetzmann 4047; Klose –; Art of Devastation –. PCGS SP-63. Incredibly toned, with exceptionally deep iridescence and a dazzling prooflike brilliance as well; some scattered minor marks under the tone are noted merely for completeness.

 

German and British forces unexpectedly met off the coast of Chile near Coronel on 1 November 1914, with the forces of Spee easily overcoming those of the British, led by Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock.

 

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