A First War Rms Lusitania Propaganda Medal Archive at the Canadian Army Rehabilitation

at the Canadian Army Rehabilitation Wing

numbered "84 and "35" and maker marked "HW" (Heinrich Weiss) on the pin

formed by reinforced overlapping strips of gold bullion

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 34th Infantry Battalion in Galt

A First War Rms Lusitania Propaganda Medal Archive at the Canadian Army RehabilitationWWI RMS Lusitania Propaganda Medal 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