Watch List notes:

GERMANY: Empire, medal (154.7g), 1916, DGMK-12124, cf. Leipziger Münzhandlung Auction 95, Lot 430, 84mm cast iron medal on the First Successful Commercial Voyage of the Submarine "Deutschland" by Ernst Zehle, otter dives under net with "DRÜBER WEG NICHT!-DRUNTER DURCH!" around // fishermen in boats with nets with -LORD CECIL- / "dem Grossbritannilchen / Blockademinifter / gewidmet." below and ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE I.FAHRT UND GLÜCKLICHE HEIMKEHR DES H.-U.-BOOTES:DEUTSCHLAND:23.8.1916. around, nice even coloration with no sign of corrosion, plain edge, AU The Deutschland returned to Germany on August 23, 1916, breaking the British naval blockade. The "Lord Cecil" referred to on the reverse was the British Minister responsible for the blockade. The Deutschland was the first of seven U-151 class U-boats built to transfer cargo between the United States and Germany.

Estimate: 250-350 USD