103573 | GERMANY. Kapitänleutnant Paul Liebrecht König silver Medal.

103573  |  GERMANY. Kapitänleutnant Paul Liebrecht König silver Medal. Issued 1916. The voyages of the U-Deutschland to America (34mm, 14.72 g, 12h). By August Hummel for Ludwig Christian Lauer in Nürnberg.

 

KAPITÄN KOENIG, bust facing slightly right // I. DURCHQUERUNG D. ATLANT. OCEANS DURCH D. HANDELS U. BOOT DEUTSCHLAND, flag of Bremen; ANKUNFT IN BALTIMORE 10.VII.18 above, AUSFAHRT 1/BREMEN 23.VI.16 to left, RÜCKKEHR NACH BREMEN 23.VIII.16 below.

 

Zetzmann 5031. PCGS SP-64. Extremely vibrant and lustrous, with some appealing frosting upon the devices and some light iridescent toning in the fields. Rare, especially this attractive and appealing.

 

A recipient of the Iron Cross, Paul König was a kapitänleutnant in the Imperial German Navy, commanding the merchant submarine Deutschland to America on two occasions during World War I, but before America's entry into the war opposite Germany.

 

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