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Description: | alloy copy (?) of medal commemorating sinking of RMS Lusitania, designed by Karl Goetz, German, 1915. Obverse: Crowd of men, one man reading a newspaper, clamour for tickets from Death at a ticket office window. Legend: GESCH�FT �BER ALLES. (Business before everything) CUNARD LINIE, FARHKARTEN AUSGABE; CUNARD.Reverse: The 'Lusitania' sinking, an aeroplane and armoured cars on forecastle. Legend: KEINE BANNWARE. (No contraband.). Exergue: DER GROSSDAMPFER = LUSITANIA = DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT 5 MAY1915 The 'Lusitania' was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on 7 May 1915. Probably a British copy after the original by Karl Goetz. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | commemorative medal | Temporal: | 1915 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Goetz, Karl | Identifier: | A676734 | Go to resource |
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