Item 0507: Medal pertaining to HMAS Sydney, SMS Emden, 9 November 1914, [1918]
Item 0507: Medal pertaining to HMAS Sydney, SMS Emden, 9 November 1914, [1918]
Item 0507: Medal pertaining to HMAS Sydney, SMS Emden, 9 November 1914, [1918]
About this item
Full title
Date
[1918]
Call Numbers
SAFE/DN/M 507
Record Identifier
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Formats
Physical Description
Contents
1 medal - silver
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Item
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Original date of coin 1892.
Unofficial medals issued in 1918 were made from Mexican silver dollars which had been recovered from the SMS Emden after she was sunk off the Cocos Islands in November 1914 by the HMAS Sydney. In 1918 1000 coins were mounted by the Sydney jeweller W Kerr and presented by Captain John C.T. Glossop to the officers and men of the Sydney who were on board at the time of the engagement.
Reference:
Australian War Memorial. http://www.awm.gov.au/ (accessed October 13, 2014)...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Item 0507: Medal pertaining to HMAS Sydney, SMS Emden, 9 November 1914, [1918]
Variant title
Sydney, Emden Medal, [Original Date of Coin 1892], 1914
Notes
General note
Forms part of Series 03 Part 01: Sir William Dixson medal collection : Australia : commemorative medals
Digital order no:Album ID : 1080090
Australia, Medals.
Sydney, Emden Medal. Silver.
Carlisle 1914/4.
Condition Fine. MD 135.
Description source
Numismatic and Philatelic Lists
Contextual Information
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/DN/M 507
Record Identifier
94Rxm4B1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/94Rxm4B1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1248540
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