United Kingdom. A Boxed Lusitania Medallion certificate_of_authenticity loops at either end)

loops at either end)

Military District 2

On February 28

2nd Model: A beautiful award in silver gilt with red and blue enamels

Commemorative Medal on the War 1914-18

United Kingdom. A Boxed Lusitania Medallion certificate_of_authenticity loops at either end)In 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