United Kingdom. An Rms Lusitania Propaganda Medal Newly Listed 83mm in total length

83mm in total length

The tunic has some spots of soiling and is in a better than very fine condition

47mm(w) x 60

Rain and cold on Christmas Day did not help to brighten things up

United Kingdom. An Rms Lusitania Propaganda Medal Newly Listed 83mm in total lengthConstructed of magnetic iron, 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