Death of the three Counts von Spee 1914 Cast Bronze Medal by K. Goetz, ‘Drei Grafen von Spee’ facing busts of Heinrich, Maximilian and Otto von Spee to the obverse, the reverse eagle preparing to mark a watery grave with a branch, measures 10cm approx. in good condition. Maximilian von Spee, admiral on HIMS Scharnhorst, together with his sons Heinrich and Otto, lieutenants on HIMS Gneisenau and Nürnberg respectively, lost their lives in battle off the Falkland Islands on 8 December 1914