Medal commemorating the sinking of the RMS Lusitania
- Made:
- 1915 in Germany and United Kingdom
- artist:
- Karl Goetz
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Medal commemorating the sinking of the RMS Lusitania
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
alloy copy (?) of medal commemorating sinking of RMS Lusitania, designed by Karl Goetz, German, 1915. Obverse: Crowd of men, one man reading a newspaper, clamour for tickets from Death at a ticket office window. Legend: GESCHÄFT ÜBER ALLES. (Business before everything) CUNARD LINIE, FARHKARTEN AUSGABE; CUNARD.Reverse: The 'Lusitania' sinking, an aeroplane and armoured cars on forecastle. Legend: KEINE BANNWARE. (No contraband.). Exergue: DER GROSSDAMPFER = LUSITANIA = DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT 5 MAY1915 The 'Lusitania' was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on 7 May 1915. Probably a British copy after the original by Karl Goetz.
Details
- Category:
- Wellcome Medals
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A676734
- Materials:
- metal (iron alloy)
- type:
- commemorative medal
