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Kapitänleutnant Otto Eduard Weddigen
| Location | Germany (1871-1948) |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Technique | Struck |
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| Obverse description | Uniformed bust of Kapitänleutnant Otto Weddigen facing slightly left, wearing a peaked naval officer's cap with badge. The circular legend surrounds the effigy in the field, and a small engraver's signature is visible at the lower rim. |
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| Reverse description | Dynamic naval battle scene depicting a large armoured cruiser capsizing and sinking bow-first amid churning waves, with billowing smoke rising from the stricken vessel; two additional warships are visible in the background to the right. The date 22. SEPT. 1914 appears in the upper field, and a four-line inscription in the lower exergue commemorates the destruction of the British armoured cruisers by U-9. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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