This coin was struck by the British government to raise money for the war effort against Germany in WWI. The brutality of the subject was especially damning and would help to shift public opinion against the barbarity of unrestricted submarine warfare.
Medal Highlights:
This medal is struck in iron.
This medal comes with its original issued box.
Medal will be in Brilliant Uncirculated condition.
Obverse: Features the Lusitania sinking in heavy seas by a German submarine with inscription in German below.
Reverse: Features death represented by a skeleton in line at a ticket booth for Cunard Lines, the owners of the cruise ship.
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