The Loss Of The Brig Somers Table Medal 1846 Auction Archive Luftwaffe Sport's Shirt Eagle -

Luftwaffe Sport's Shirt Eagle - machine embroidered in white and black threads

the inside with a 37 mm wide leather sweatband

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maker marked "RS&S" (Richard Simm & Sohne

The wide pommel is connected at the base via a large six-pointed screw

The Loss Of The Brig Somers Table Medal 1846 Auction Archive Luftwaffe Sport's Shirt Eagle -The Loss of the Brig Somers Table Medal 1846 Bronze, obverse engraver marked "C. C. Wright" and illustrates the U. S. Brig Somers foundering, with the Latin legend "Somers navis Americana. Ante Vera Cruz, Dec. 10th, 1846." (American ship Somers lost off Vera Cruz), reverse illustrates British boats going to the rescue and the Latin inscription "Pro Vitis Americanorum Conservatis" (For Saving American Lives), museum coded on the rim in red ink, 58 mm,