United Kingdom. A First War British Rms Lusitania Propaganda Medal GTRexclude 5 mm (h) x 39

5 mm (h) x 39 mm (w)

the medal in silvered metal (magnetic)

Queen Isabella II issue

the other twenty-three in gilt

United Kingdom. A First War British Rms Lusitania Propaganda Medal GTRexclude 5 mm (h) x 39Constructed of magnetic iron, obverse illustrating the stricken liner sinking, her stern submerged to left while her ram shaped bow, laden with armaments, rises clear of the water, smoke billowing from the vessel's four funnels, inscribed "KEINE BANN WARE!" (NO CONTRABAND GOODS!) above and "DER GROSS DAMPFER LUSITANIA DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT 5. MAY 1915" (THE LINER LUSITANIA SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE 5 MAY 1915) below, reverse