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Wilhelm II bronze "The Sinking of the S. S. Lusitania" Medal 1915 MS64 PCGS, Kienast-156 (2nd Type MAI). 55mm. By Karl Goetz. Edge: Plain. KEINE BANN WARE! (no contraband!) // DER GROSSDAMPFER/=LUSITANIA=/DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES/TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT/5 MAY 1915 (the liner Lusitania sunk by a German submarine). The Lusitania sinking in heavy seas; legends above, and below on five lines / 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). Rare original type (not the British imitation) with the corrected date of May 7. Housed in an oversized holder.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 500-700 USD
Wilhelm II bronze "The Sinking of the S. S. Lusitania" Medal 1915 MS64 PCGS, Kienast-156 (2nd Type MAI). 55mm. By Karl Goetz. Edge: Plain. KEINE BANN WARE! (no contraband!) // DER GROSSDAMPFER/=LUSITANIA=/DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES/TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT/5 MAY 1915 (the liner Lusitania sunk by a German submarine). The Lusitania sinking in heavy seas; legends above, and below on five lines / 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). Rare original type (not the British imitation) with the corrected date of May 7. Housed in an oversized holder.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 500-700 USD