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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
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