Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Auction She was sunk on June

She was sunk on June 1

Stephen Bowman

After eighteen months in England

a small gouge is evident to the reverse

Spindelow (M-413406 PTE

Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Auction She was sunk on JuneIn 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