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Medal - Sinking of the aircraft carrier Courageous
| Location | Germany (1871-1948) |
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| Year | 1939 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A skeleton draped in a billowing shroud strides rightward across ocean waves, holding a tablet bearing a multi-line inscription commemorating the torpedoing of HMS Courageous by a German U-boat. The legend DIE HIOBSBOTSCHAFT AN CHURCHILL arcs around the upper field, with a swastika appearing above the inscription tablet. |
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| Reverse lettering | DIE HIOBSBOTSCHAFT AN CHURCHILL TORPEDO. VON DEUTSCH. "U" BOOT 18. SEPT. 1939 |
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