Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Hold (U-Boots-Kriegsabzeichen)

(U-Boots-Kriegsabzeichen)

Leather sweatband slightly soiled but otherwise near very fine condition

In silver gilt with a red enameled background

this dagger features a 197 mm nickel-plated steel blade

Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Hold (U-Boots-Kriegsabzeichen)In blackened 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