Medal - 15th Anniversary of Recovering Access to the Sea
Features
| Location |
Poland
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals |
| Year | 1935 |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 13.30 g |
| Diameter | 33.50 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 196016 |
| References | Strzalkowski# 763 Jacek Strzałkowski; 1981. Medale Polskie: 1901-1944 = Polish Medals. Wydawnictwa Polskie, Warsaw, Poland. |
Obverse
Angel with a sword in her hand and Polish shield in the other, sun and lighthouse below.
Lettering: LIGA MORSKA I KOLONJALNA
Engraver: Tadeusz Breyer
Reverse
Ship right.
Lettering:
W XV-LECIE ODZYSKANIA MORZA
M / S PILSUDSKI
Engraver: Tadeusz Breyer
Edge
Plain
Comments
M/S Pilsudski was a medium-size ocean liner of the Polish Merchant Marine, named for Marshal Józef Pilsudski, a national hero of Poland. She was built in Italy and was launched in December 1934. During her first wartime voyage on 26 November 1939 sailing out of Newcastle, she struck a mine or was more likely torpedoed and sunk.
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