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exergue (obverse) : "DER GROSSDAMPFER = = LUSITANIA = DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT 7.MAI 1915"
The Cunard liner RMS Lusitania was torpedoed by the German submarine U20 (commanded by Walther Schwieger) on 7 May
1915. 1,201 men, women and children were drowned including 124 citizens of the United States.
This vivid commemoration by Goetz of the sinking (and all the circumstances associated with its loss) is considered to be an authentic
German second issue 'Lusitania Medallion'. It bears the date '7.MAI 1915' on its obverse exergue rather than '5.MAI 1915' which appears on
the first issue. It is not known how many second issue medallions were made.
For a full description of Goetz's original first issue medal (perhaps Goetz's most notorious medal of the First World War) see MED 937.
See On-Line exhibition: http://www.iwm.org.uk/online/lusitan/lusi1.htm | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Atlantic & RMS Lusitania satirical Sinking of by U20 & 7/5/1915 commemorative RMS Lusitania | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Goetz, Karl | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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