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Empire. Sinking of the Lusitania cast iron Medal 1915 MS64 PCGS, Kienast-156. By Karl Goetz. 55mm. KEINE BANN WARE! (no contraband!). The Lusitania sinking in heavy seas; in five lines in exergue, DER GROSSDAMPFER/=LUSITANIA=/DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES/TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT/5 MAY 1915 (the liner Lusitania sunk by a German submarine) / GESCHAFT UBER ALLES (business above all), skeleton (as Death) standing left within ticket booth marked CUNA[RD]/LINIE and CUNARD (the Cunard Line, owners of the ship) above and to right, and FAHRKARTEN/AUSGABE (ticket office) below; to left, queue of passengers, one of whom reads a newspaper with the headline U/BOO[T]/GEFAH[R] (U-Boat danger). Housed in an oversized holder. A copy of the famous "Sinking of the Lusitania" Karl Goetz medal produced by the British in iron as a propaganda piece. Contains the incorrect "MAY" spelling, as well as the error date of the 5th.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 200-300 USD
Empire. Sinking of the Lusitania cast iron Medal 1915 MS64 PCGS, Kienast-156. By Karl Goetz. 55mm. KEINE BANN WARE! (no contraband!). The Lusitania sinking in heavy seas; in five lines in exergue, DER GROSSDAMPFER/=LUSITANIA=/DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES/TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT/5 MAY 1915 (the liner Lusitania sunk by a German submarine) / GESCHAFT UBER ALLES (business above all), skeleton (as Death) standing left within ticket booth marked CUNA[RD]/LINIE and CUNARD (the Cunard Line, owners of the ship) above and to right, and FAHRKARTEN/AUSGABE (ticket office) below; to left, queue of passengers, one of whom reads a newspaper with the headline U/BOO[T]/GEFAH[R] (U-Boat danger). Housed in an oversized holder. A copy of the famous "Sinking of the Lusitania" Karl Goetz medal produced by the British in iron as a propaganda piece. Contains the incorrect "MAY" spelling, as well as the error date of the 5th.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 200-300 USD