GERMANY, German Empire. Wilhelm II. Emperor, 1888-1918. Æ Medal (55mm, 42.81 g, 12h). The Sinking of the S. S. Lusitania. By K. Goetz. Dated 7 May 1915. EF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 353. Estimated: $ 200

World Medals, Bronze

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GERMANY, German Empire. Wilhelm II. Emperor, 1888-1918. Æ Medal (55mm, 42.81 g, 12h). The Sinking of the S. S. Lusitania. By K. Goetz. Dated 7 May 1915. KEINE BANN WARE!, the Lusitania sinking in heavy seas; in five lines in exergue, DER GROSSDAMPFER/=LUSITANIA=/DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES/TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT/7 MAY 1915 / GESCHAFT UBER ALLES, skeleton (as Death) standing left within ticket booth marked CUNA[RD]/LINIE and CUNARD above and to right, and FAHRKARTEN/AUSGABE below; to left, queue of passangers, one of whom reads a newspaper with the headline U/BOO[T]/GEFAH[R]. K GOETZ on edge. Burns, Commemoration 3a1; Eimer 1941A var. (date); Kienast 156. Brown surfaces. EF. Rare Goetz original.

From the W. Toliver Besson Collection.


Closing Date and Time: 22 July 2026 at 11:57:20 ET.



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