WW1 GERMAN ISSUE Lusitania medal. SOLID BRONZE
This is the most, infamous of the Goetz series of Imperial German WWI medallions commemorates the sinking of the civil liner 'Lusitania' in 1915 by a German U Boat.The British propaganda version normally seen is a copy of the this original German design. This version is cast in bronze (not iron) and has the German spelling of the month 'MAI'.