Description

George V. 1910-1936. Silver Medal 1914, 15.25 g. Bombardment of Scarborough. By the Birmingham mint. Arms of Scarborough upon a central shield, between views of the town and beach; below ribbon inscribed SCARBOROUGH STILL UNDISMAYED; above a coastal bombardment from three ships. Rv. BOMBARDMENT OF SCARBOROUGH & NON COMBATANTS BY THE GERMAN FLEET DEC . 16TH. 1914. Plain edge. 32.5 mm. Eimer 1938. BHM 4111. Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine.

From the auction Leipziger Münzhandlung 29, Leipzig, June 2002, lot 343.

The Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby on 16 December 1914 was an attack by the Imperial German Navy on the British ports of Scarborough, Hartlepool, West Hartlepool and Whitby. The bombardments caused hundreds of civilian casualties and resulted in public outrage in Britain against the German Navy for the raid and the Royal Navy for failing to prevent it.