United Kingdom. A Lusitania Propaganda Medal, With Case GTRexclude reinforced with magnetic metal eyelets

reinforced with magnetic metal eyelets

Irene and William Charles

on his recovery

An Italian Army Long Command Merit Medal

a 1915 Christmas badge

United Kingdom. A Lusitania Propaganda Medal, With Case GTRexclude reinforced with magnetic metal eyeletsConstructed of magnetic iron, the 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