Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Auction where she died

where she died

The inside of the cap is lined with black silk-textured liner with a sewn-in clear plastic diamond with matching fabric with “Meister Klasse Leicht Dauerhaft

on loop for suspension - marked “K” for an unknown maker

it says that he is fit for service

face in nickel-silver

Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Auction where she diedIn 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