Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Auction Archive beautifully carved

beautifully carved

Iron Cross First Class 1914 - Magnetic cross

A period order

and a list of qualifying missions

Two days after his promotion

Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Auction Archive beautifully carvedIn 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