United Kingdom; Germany, Imperial. Replica Lusitania Medallion Auction Archive Constructed of a stamped zink

Constructed of a stamped zink alloy

1896 in Brighton

It is plain with the exception of a maker’s mark near the reverse ricasso of “E

suspended from a 20

with bronze gladius affixed to its original ribbon

United Kingdom; Germany, Imperial. Replica Lusitania Medallion Auction Archive Constructed of a stamped zinkIn blackened iron, magnetic, obverse illustrating the stricken liner sinking, her stern submerged to left while her ram shaped bow, laden with armaments, rises clear of the water (an image contradicting eyewitness accounts which stated that the ship went down bow first, the shape of the bow being a reference to the configuration of warships of the period and possibly a reminder that the British Admiralty had ordered merchant vessels to attempt to ram