GERMANY, German Empire. The Sinking of the RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915. Cast FE Medal (98mm, 69.02 g, 12h). Totentanz series. By W. Eberbach. Dually dated 1914 and 1916. HEIMTÜCKE · U · GEWARNTER · LEICHTSINN · AN · BORD · D · LUSITANIA (Malice and forewarned recklessness on board the Lusitania), large skeleton, dripping with water and hands on hips, standing over RMS Lusitania, watching it sink; to right (EW); WEBERBACH in exergue / DEM/VERÄCHTER/DER WARNUNG/WOODROW/WILSON/1916 (To the spurner of the warning, Woodrow Wilson) in six lines set on scalloped pentagon; additional ornament around. Frankenhuis 1497; Steguweit 16. Steel gray patina, hint of deposits on reverse. As made. Very rare.
From the PS Collection of Medals of the Great War.