Watch List notes:

Germany, World War I, the Sinking of the SS Tubantia, satirical iron medal, 1916, by Walther Eberbach (1866-1944), Death, as a giant skeleton, sits facing the ship, holding a mine and torpedo in his hands, ENGLANDS GRUSS AN DIE NEUTRALE TUBANTIA, rev. ES KANN DER BESTE NICHT IM FRIEDEN LEBEN WENN ES DEM BÖSEN NACHBAR NICHT GEFÄLLT 1916, 69.5mm. (BDM.VII, 245), good very fine, rare
The SS Tubantia, a neutral Dutch ship was sunk on 16 March, 1916 by a torpedo fired from the UB-13, a fact denied by the Germans who blamed the sinking on the British. The crime was finally admitted and reparations paid out after the War. The gold carried by the SS Tubantia has never been recovered.
(150-200 GBP)