medal, commemorative

O.4613 Lusitania medal British copy o (image/jpeg)
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Summary

: O.4613

: Numismatics

: medal, commemorative

: Lusitania medal, a British copy, showing obverse, the Lusitania going down and reverse, Death selling tickets. Poor or damaged casting

Medallions commemorating the sinking of the Lusitania, 1915

World War I

Current Location

: Relief image of the Lusitania's bow showing above the sea, with armaments on the deck, 4 funnels to left. KEINE BANN WARE [NO CONTRABAND GOODS]

: Relief image of Death selling tickets from a ticket office labelled CUNARD, with a crowd of passengers. A top-hatted man, German Ambassador to USA stands by and raises a warning finger [Germany had warned that the ship was a target] GESCHÄFT ÜBER ALLES [BUSINESS ABOVE ALL]

: World War I

: North Atlantic

: May 1915

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