Watch List notes:

World War I, France / USA / UK, Sinking of the RMS Lusitania, 1915, and the entry of the US into the Great War, 1917, bronze medal [1920], by René Baudichon (1878-1963), the stern of the sinking ship above the water with, to front, an upturned lifeboat, vignette of drowning child above, rev. VLTRIX AMERICA JVRIS, Liberty, sword held high, rises from the waves, 53.5mm. (M. Jones, Dance of Death, 27; CGMP III, p.21, A), extremely fine and very rare
*ex DNW auction, 6 February 1998 (lot 510).
Instead of the Statue of Liberty holding a welcoming torch, Baudichon has substituted a war-sword. Cf. also, The Art of Devastation: Medallic Art and Posters of the Great War, P. Phagan & P. Van Alfen, eds., ANS, 2017 (no. 99).
(180-220 GBP)