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Battle of the River Plate and the sinking of the 'Admiral Graf Spee'
| Location | Germany (1871-1948) |
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| Year | 1939 |
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| Weight | 42.25 g |
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| Obverse description | Conjoined busts of Admiral Graf von Spee (left, with moustache) and Kapitän Hans Langsdorff (right) facing forward in high relief, both in naval uniform. Iron crosses appear in the lower left and right fields flanking the dates 1914 and 1939 respectively, with the engraver's signature R. GOETZ in the lower field. The curved legend along the upper border reads ADMIRAL GRAF V. SPEE and KAPITÄN HANS LANGSDORFF. |
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| Obverse lettering | ADMIRAL. GRAF V. SPEE. KAPITÄN. HANS. LANGSDORFF 1914 1939 R. GOETZ |
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| Reverse lettering | // ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE // AUF·BEFEHL·DES·FÜHRERS VOR·LA PLATA·VERSENKT 17.NOV.1939 |
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