Medal commemorating the sinking of the SS 'Lusitania', 1915
Medal commemorating the sinking of the SS 'Lusitania', 1915. Obverse: Death crouching over the 'Lusitania' sinking by the stern. Legend: 'HEIMTÜCKE . U . GEWARNTER . LEICHTSINN . AN . BORD . D . LUSITANIA.' (Malice and forewarned foolhardiness on board the 'Lusitania'.) Reverse: Inscription, within a cartouche shaped like a pentagram with scalloped edges, 'DEM VERÄCHTER DER . WARNUNG WOODROW WILSON 1916.' (To the scorner of the warning, Woodrow Wilson, [President USA] 1916.)
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Object Details
ID: | MEC2373 |
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Collection: | Coins and medals |
Type: | Medal |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Eberbach, W. |
Places: | Germany |
Events: | World War I: Sinking of the Lusitania, 1915; World War I, 1914-1918 |
Vessels: | Lusitania 1906 (SS) |
Date made: | 1916 |
People: | Eberbach, W. |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 68 mm |
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