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Auction 90  24 September 2014
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Lot 2138

Estimate: 250 GBP
Price realized: 240 GBP
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Medals Of The Second World War, Germany, Winston Churchill, "Master of Lies", The Sinking of the SS Athenia, Iron Medal, 1939, by Guido Goetz (1912-1992, son of Karl Goetz), seated figure of Churchill on a crate tied with a label, holding a balance, a bomb in each pan marked, one with a swastika, the other with a union flag, rev Death seated on a bow of a ship, marked ATHENIA, holding a torch and a bomb marked with the Union flag, 70.5mm (Engstrom 3). Extremely fine.
The SS Athenia was the first British ship to be sunk in the War, sailing from Glasgow to Montreal when torpedoed by the U-30 on 4 September 1939, with the loss of 98 passengers (28 of whom were American) and 19 crew.

Estimate: £250-300
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