Medal - The sinking of the RMS Lusitania
Features
| Location |
Germany (1871-1948)
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Advertising medallions › Satirical medals |
| Year | 1916 |
| Composition | Żelazo |
| Diameter | 69 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 151095 |
| References | Klose# 12.17 Dietrich O. A. Klose; 2016. Europas Verderben 1914 1918: Deutsche und Österreichische Medaillen auf den Ersten Weltkrieg = Europe's Downfall 1914-1918. Staatliche Münzsammlung München, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Bernd Kluge, Bernhard Weisser; 2014. Gold gab ich für Eisen / Volume 14: Der Erste Weltkrieg im Medium der Medaille. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation), Berlin, Germany.Leonard Forrer; 1923. Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin-Gem, and Seal engravers, Mintmasters, &c. Ancient and Modern / Volume VII, Supplement A-L. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
(en) Death, as a skeleton, stands over sinking ship
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
HEIMTÜCKE.U.GEWARNTER.LEICHTSINN.AN.BORD.D.LUSITANIA
W.EBERBACH
Engraver: Walther Eberbach
Reverse
(en) 6-line inscription within scalloped hexagon.
Script: łaciński
Lettering: DEM // VERÄCHTER // DER.WARNUNG // WOODROW // WILSON // 1916
Engraver: Walther Eberbach
Mint
AgvGuS (Aktiengesellschaft vormals H. Gladenbeck & Sohn), Berlin, Germany (1888-1932)Comments
(en)
Frank 1497; MH 438a
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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