United Kingdom; Germany, Imperial. Replica Lusitania Medallion Auction Archive 2nd Class - Gilded tombac

2nd Class - Gilded tombac

maker marked ""TIFFANY & CO"" on the reverse of the hanger

white swasatikas sit in the corners of the standards

(Etui für Eichenlaub und Schwertern zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

with bronze gladius affixed to its original ribbon

United Kingdom; Germany, Imperial. Replica Lusitania Medallion Auction Archive 2nd Class - Gilded tombacIn 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