Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Auction a small gouge is evident

a small gouge is evident to the reverse

After eighteen months in England

it says that he is fit for service

She was sunk on June 1

face in nickel-silver

Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Auction a small gouge is evidentIn blackened iron, magnetic, obverse illustrating the stricken liner sinking, her stern submerged to left while her ram shaped bow, laden with armaments, rises clear of the water (an image contradicting eyewitness accounts which stated that the ship went down bow first, the shape of the bow being a reference to the configuration of warships of the period and possibly a reminder that the British Admiralty had ordered merchant vessels to attempt to ram