commemorative medallion
Report a Mistake- Object Number 20170069-005
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Event
1914-1919 First World War
1915 Sinking of the RMS Lusitania - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Goetz, Karl
- Date Made 1915-1916
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - United Kingdom
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Personal symbol
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1915/08/
- Latest 1916/12/31
- Inscription (obverse/avers) KEINE BANN WARE/DER GROSS-DAMPFER LUSITANIA DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT 5. MAI 1915’ (Reverse/revers) GESCHÄFT ÜBER ALLES/CUNA LINIE/FAHRKARTEN AUSGABE/U BOOT GEFAHR/KG (box/boîte) R.M.S. LUSITANIA/CUNARD LIND/32000 TONS/SUNK ON HER RETURN JOURNEY FROM THE UNITED STATES BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE MAY 7TH 1915 (handwritten/écrit à la main) an evidence of hun brutality
- Unit RMS Lusitania
- Person / Institution Collector, Joyal , c.p., o.c., The Honourable Serge
- Measurements Thickness 0.5 cm, Outside Diameter 5.3 cm