Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Medal - Sinking of the Birkenhead
| Location | South Africa |
|---|---|
| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Period | Log in to see details |
| Notice | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | High-relief scene depicting soldiers and officers standing at attention on the deck of the stricken HMS Birkenhead, with masts and rigging collapsing in the background. A bugler kneels in the foreground while a senior officer raises his arm to address the men, evoking the legendary discipline maintained during the disaster. No legend appears on this face. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | High-relief depiction of the troopship HMS Birkenhead breaking apart on rocks amid turbulent seas, with lifeboats visible on either side of the stricken vessel. The legend 'SINKING OF THE BIRKENHEAD' arcs along the upper border, and '26TH FEBRUARY 1852' runs along the lower border, both in raised Latin lettering against a polished field. The engraver's name PAGLIARI appears in small relief in the lower centre field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |