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Death of Lieutenant Captain Otto Weddigen
| Location | Germany (1871-1948) |
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| Year | 1915 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
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| Obverse description | Truncated bust of Otto Weddigen in high relief, depicted in three-quarter view facing slightly left, wearing a naval officer's uniform and peaked cap with cockade. The name legend 'OTTO WEDDIGEN' appears in two lines to the left of the effigy in the field, with the artist's signature 'H. Bendorff' incised below. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A nude male figure in high relief ascends skyward with both arms raised, holding a laurel wreath-adorned sword in his right hand, set against a radiating sunburst rising from a calm sea horizon. The allegorical composition symbolizes heroic apotheosis. |
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