WINDSOR. temp. George V. 1910-1936. Cast Iron Medal (55mm, 60.29 g, 12h). The Sinking of the RMS Lusitania. British copy issued by Gordon Selfridge, after K. Goetz. Dated 5 May 1915.

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British Medals, Iron

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WINDSOR. temp. George V. 1910-1936. Cast Iron Medal (55mm, 60.29 g, 12h). The Sinking of the RMS Lusitania. British copy issued by Gordon Selfridge, after K. Goetz. Dated 5 May 1915. KEINE BANN WARE! (no contraband!), the Lusitania sinking in heavy seas; in five lines in exergue, DER GROSSDAMPFER/=LUSITANIA=/DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES/TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT/5 MAY 1915 (the liner Lusitania sunk by a German submarine) / GESCHAFT UBER ALLES (business above all), skeleton (as Death) standing left within ticket booth marked CUNA[RD]/LINIE and CUNARD (the Cunard Line, owners of the ship) above and to right, and FAHRKARTEN/AUSGABE (ticket office) below; to left, queue of passangers, one of whom reads a newspaper with the headline U/BOO[T]/GEFAH[R] (U-Boat danger). Burns, Commemoration 2a1; BHM –; Eimer 1941Ab; cf. Kienast 156 (for prototype). Dark brown surfaces, traces of iron oxide in devices. EF. Missing presentation box and leaflet.

From the David J. Fleischmann Collection.


Closing Date and Time: 5 May 2021 at 14:53:00 ET.

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