Lot 859

Medals, non-regal, Germany Reich. Cast bronze medal, 54 mm, 69.35 g. The Sinking of the S. S. Lusitania. Uncertain copy, after K. Goetz. Dated 5 May 1915. Obv: KEINE BANN WARE! (no contraband!), the Lusitania sinking in heavy seas; in five lines in exergue, DER GROSSDAMPFER/LUSITANIA/DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES/TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT/5 MAY 1915. Rev: Passengers buying tickets from a skeleton salesman. This medal is a later bronze cast. Eimer 1941Ab. XF.


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