Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Hold both measuring 104x148mm

both measuring 104x148mm

the eighth case has no additional marks or hallmarks

measuring 27 mm (w) x 38

steel blue needle floats on a red jewelled bearing

Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Hold both measuring 104x148mmIn 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