Commemorative Medals, World War I, Admiral Reinhard von Scheer (1863-1928), the Battle of Jutland, bronze medal, 1916, by Hugo Kaufmann for Ball, his bust l., DER SIEGER VOM SKAGERAK, rev. Admiral Scheer's flagship, SMS Friederich der Grosse, firing a broadside, 92mm. (Frankenhuis 793), good very fine and a powerful ship portrait
*ex DNW Auction, 1 March 2000 (lot 980)
ex David Corrick Collection, DNW, 15 March 2011 (lot 1588)
Scheer was promoted to Admiral in January 1916 and given control of the High Seas Fleet, the Fleet he commanded at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May - 1 June 1916. Hugo Kaufmann (1868-1919), sculptor, painter and medallist.
(120-150 GBP)