United Kingdom. A Lusitania Propaganda Medal, With Case GTRexclude A member of the American

A member of the American Numismatic Society for forty-two years

Irene and William Charles

(A-800414 V

After receiving his commission

and is primarily a military award

United Kingdom. A Lusitania Propaganda Medal, With Case GTRexclude A member of the AmericanConstructed of magnetic iron, the 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