Lusitania Medal - British Boxed - 5 May 1915
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On 7th May, 1915 a German u-Boat torpedoed the liner Lusitania as it travelled from New York to Liverpool, killing over 1,200 people. The Germans felt they had given the allies adequate warning and even had a medal commissioned to 'celebrate' the event, but the rest of the world were appalled. The British felt the medal was a perfect propaganda tool to exploit the brutality of the enemy with the "cold blooded murder" of innocent citizens, and had 250,000 produced to be sold for the ally war effort. This extraordinary piece of history is the British medal produced in 1915 to gain support for the war effort.
Weight 64.2g
(ref:AHC037)