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Medal commemorating the sinking of the SS 'Lusitania', 1915
Medal commemorating the sinking of the SS 'Lusitania', 1915. Obverse: The figure of America draped and wearing a star-pointed crown, her right hand upraised holding a sword, rising from the deep, the sea breaking (right) a fleet in distance. Legend: 'ULTRIX . AMERICA . JURIS 1917. U.S.A. 1918.' Reverse: Field divided, below, starboard quarter view of SS 'Lusitania' sinking, stern in air, a boat bottom upwards in foreground; above a child drowning, head and hands above water. Legend: 'LUSITANIA MAY 7 1915'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2164 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Baudichon, René |
| Places: | France |
| Events: | World War I: Sinking of the Lusitania, 1915; World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Vessels: | Lusitania 1906 |
| Date made: | 1918 |
| People: | Baudichon, René |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 53 mm |