United Kingdom. An Rms Lusitania Propaganda Medal Newly Listed hand filed star

hand filed star

Lillie Edwards of Toronto

Provenance - Tammann collection

It states that Wachtmeister (Flak equivalent of Sergeant) Anton Mischke of the 5th Battery of Heavy Flak Replacement Detachment 38 is being promoted to Oberwachtmeister (Flak equivalent of Master Sergeant)

In heavy cast bronze

United Kingdom. An Rms Lusitania Propaganda Medal Newly Listed hand filed starConstructed 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