Submarine Deutschland in America Reverse

One of two blockade-running German merchant submarines, Deutschland arrived for the first time in the US at Baltimore on July 9, 1916. Having crossed the Atlantic virtually empty, some of her iron ballast was used to create commemorative medals, such as this one.

Submarine with masts raised underway to right; around: ZUR . ERINNERUNG . AN . DIE . ANKUNFT . DES . ERSTEN . HANDELS . U-BOOTES (“to commemorate the arrival of the first merchant submarine”)/ on banner in field: IN BALTIMORE/ 9. JULI-1916