United Kingdom; Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Newly Listed I Class Special Grand Cordon

I Class Special Grand Cordon

disbanding and conversion

naming his next-of-kin as Edward Fritze of Limoilou

measures 110mm (w – including handle) x 63mm (h)

United Kingdom; Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Newly Listed I Class Special Grand CordonIn gilt 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