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Navy News Issue | Month / Year | Page | Index |
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146 | August 1966 | 5 | Navy News |
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Victory Medal for Jutland? THIS medal appears to have been struck to celebrate Jutland. Can you assist please, or some of your older readers, with any information regarding same? Arthur Diprose Purley, Surrey. On the obverse of the medal are the words, "To the glorious memory of those who fell that day," and the date, "31 May, 1916." On the reverse it states: "The Ger- man Fleet attacked off the coast of Jutland and driven back into port with heavy loss. — Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Commander-in-Chief Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty, Commanding Battle Cruiser Fleet. |
Also see issues: 146 147 148 And Jutland Medallion |