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Medal - 17. Mai 1901 Peder Wessel Tordenskjold

Location Norway
Year 1901
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Composition Aluminium
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Obverse description Bust of Peder Wessel Tordenskjold facing slightly left, depicted in period dress with a cravat and elaborate curled wig, rendered in fine relief. The circular legend around the field reads the subject's full name, with an engraver's signature visible in the lower right of the field.
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Obverse lettering · PEDER · WESSEL · TORDENSKIOLD · THRONDSEN.
Reverse description A full-length standing figure of Tordenskjold in military dress, positioned to the left amid a naval battle scene with ship masts, rigging, cannon fire, and fallen figures in the lower field. A five-line verse inscription occupies the upper central field, with the commemorative date below.
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