United Kingdom. An Rms Lusitania Propaganda Medal Newly Listed He is Mentioned in Despatches

He is Mentioned in Despatches in the London Gazette for Burma on September 2

Poland (Republic): Silvered zinc

The tunic has some spots of soiling and is in a better than very fine condition

47mm(w) x 60

with multiple signatures

United Kingdom. An Rms Lusitania Propaganda Medal Newly Listed He is Mentioned in DespatchesConstructed of magnetic iron, 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