United Kingdom; Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Newly Listed obverse bearing the dates 1912-1913

obverse bearing the dates 1912-1913

when a grenade was thrown from the bamboo that lined the roadside

The cap measures 145 mm x 270 mm

with a iron (magnetic) eagle

United Kingdom; Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Newly Listed obverse bearing the dates 1912-1913In gilt iron, magnetic, obverse illustrating the stricken liner sinking, her stern submerged to left while her ram shaped bow, laden with armaments, rises clear of the water (an image contradicting eyewitness accounts which stated that the ship went down bow first, the shape of the bow being a reference to the configuration of warships of the period and possibly a reminder that the British Admiralty had ordered merchant vessels to attempt to ram