United Kingdom. A Lusitania Propaganda Medal, With Case certificate_of_authenticity in glazed ceramic

in glazed ceramic

46 mm x 107 mm)

Footnote: Wolfgang Kretschmer was born on April 15

A Second War Cape Breton Highlanders Cap Badge - (Sydney

United Kingdom. A Lusitania Propaganda Medal, With Case certificate_of_authenticity in glazed ceramicConstructed of magnetic iron, the 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