K- 597
BATTLE AGAINST CONVOYS IN THE ARCTIC WATERS
1942, Cast Bronze Commemorative Medallion, 98.0mm., 309.30g., Rim-punched, K•GœTz.
Obverse: German planes and U-boats attacking ships.
Reverse: German eagle and Russian bear battle in Arctic seas with inscription “288,400 tons sunk.”
On the occasion of the German U-Boat and plane attacks against convoys to Russia. The fastest route was through the Norwegian and Arctic waters to Murmansk. These convoys were highly vulnerable to attacks and about 25% of all ships using this route in 1942 were sunk by the Germans.