Historical and Art Medals

Medals Related to Navigation, Germany, S.M.S. Möwe Heimkehr [Homecoming of the Cruiser Möwe], 1916, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, sea-monster with lion’s head, gull to right, rev. legend in cartouche bordered by two dolphins, 58mm (K 175; Frankenhuis 1444). Very fine (£60-80)

The SMS Möwe returned to its home port of Bremerhaven on 4 March 1916, having captured six enemy vessels in the North Atlantic, including the British passenger liner Appam, carrying gold bars valued at one million marks