Sinking of the Tubantia, 1916

cacheman · May 30, 2005 1:26AM

Walther Eberbach, England’s Greeting to the Neutral Tubantia, 1916, 70mm, Blackened cast iron.

Obverse: Death (Germany) sits on the bank with raised bomb and torpedo aimed at the Dutch passenger liner Tubantia.

Reverse: ES KANN DER BESTE NICHT IN FRIEDEN LEBEN WENN ES DEM BOSEN NACHBARN NICHT GEFALLT, 1916. Rough translation is “It cannot live the best in peace if the neighbor does not please.”

U-boat, SM UB13 under the command of Oblt.z.S. Metz sank the neutral Dutch steamer SS Tubantia with a torpedo on March 15, 1916. It is rumored that the ship was supposed to have German gold treasures on board. There were some mysterious intelligence agency involvements relating to this sinking and, to date, her cargo and reasoning for being sunk have not been properly resolved.

Aethelred · May 30, 2005 2:21AM

Looks like a dead Yogi guy on the obverse.

1jester · May 30, 2005 2:23AM

Looks like Aethelred waiting for his ship to finally come in.

1jester · May 30, 2005 2:24AM

Interesting medal, by the way. Was the ship or its contents ever recovered?

Aethelred · May 30, 2005 2:24AM

<< <i>Looks like Aethelred waiting for his ship to finally come in.

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cacheman · May 30, 2005 3:08AM

Location

Inquiry into sinking

1jester · May 30, 2005 4:19AM

Thanks, Cache! So it would appear that people know where to look for it but nobody has actually IDed it yet.

oldshep · May 30, 2005 9:15AM

Very interesting.....hmmm!
Shep

wybrit · May 30, 2005 10:51AM

Interesting concept. It doesn't match the work of Goetz, although the skeleton is pretty eerie.

Sinking of the Tubantia, 1916

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