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Medal commemorating the sinking of the SS 'Lusitania', 1915
Medal commemorating the sinking of the SS 'Lusitania'. Obverse: A crowd of men, one reading a newspaper, inscribed (left) standing clamouring for tickets from Death at the window of a ticket office. Legend: 'GESCHÄFT ÜBER ALLES.' (Business before everything.) On office: (above) 'CUNA[RD] LINIE', 'FARHKARTEN AUSGABE' (Ticket office) Side: 'CUNARD.' Reverse: The SS 'Lusitania' sinking by the stern, an aeroplane and armoured cars on forecastle, inscription below. Legend: 'KEINE BANNWARE.' (No contraband.) Exergue: 'DER GROSSDAMPFER = LUSITANIA = DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT 5 MAI 1915.' (The liner 'Lusitania' sunk by a German submarine.) A copy made in England, also with the wrong date after the original by K. Goetz, by an employee at the Commercial Gas Co., Stepney. Three copies were made from an original belonging to a captured U boat commander.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2679 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Goetz, Karl |
| Places: | London |
| Events: | World War I: Sinking of the Lusitania, 1915; World War I: Sinking of the Lusitania, 1915 World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Vessels: | Lusitania 1906 (SS) |
| Date made: | 1915 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 53 mm |
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