United Kingdom; Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Newly Listed consisting of a finely-detailed ram’s

consisting of a finely-detailed ram’s fleece

Knight Second Class

32 mm x 33

the reverse presents a bust of Christopher Columbus in the center

practicing Christian virtues

United Kingdom; Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Newly Listed consisting of a finely-detailed ram’sIn gilt iron, magnetic, 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