Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate #91 Wiking Ship

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Item number: 89455

Description: Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate #91

Year: 1909

Title / English: Viking ship with the Danish coat of arms and the word CARITAS in the sail. On the stone with an agave plant the inscription MESSINA 1908. The plate was issued for the benefit of the Danish relief mission to Messina after the earthquake on the 28th of December, 1908, where 60,000 people died.
Number of copies / size: 1,107 copies, 7 ¼”, 18 ½ cm