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Old 17-02-2017, 01:29 PM
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After the Lusitania was sunk the Germans struck a chunky iron commemorative / propaganda medal . The British copied this as an anti-'German Kultur' propaganda medal and sold vast numbers.

Obverse shows 'Death' dishing out tickets at the Cunard New York office, reverse shows armaments slipping of the deck of the sinking Lusitania.

A common medal; always have one or two coming and going.


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