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 | 
|---|---|
| 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 | 
 
                     
                     
                    