United Kingdom. A Lusitania Medallion With Carton Auction measuring 72 mm x 41

measuring 72 mm x 41 mm

and a golden wreath overtop

Footnote: these badges were worn by the River Boat Pilots whose duties were to guide larger ships through dangerous waters on large rivers in Germany

two with raised eagle & swastika combination

The document is named to Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) Strathmann (no first name given)

United Kingdom. A Lusitania Medallion With Carton Auction measuring 72 mm x 41In 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