Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Auction A lot of ten propaganda

A lot of ten propaganda leaflets imploring Partisans to surrender

on loop for suspension - marked “K” for an unknown maker

it says that he is fit for service

Stephen Bowman

Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Auction A lot of ten propagandaIn 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