United Kingdom. A Lusitania Medallion With Carton Auction Archive It is dated to Wilhelmshaven

It is dated to Wilhelmshaven (northern Germany) on October 2

the other two taken at his grave site (his cross inscribed "PRIVATE W

showing one of the ships

the obverse consisting of a wreath of laurel and oak leaves with a eagle superimposed on the badge

once folded in half and in slightly worn condition

United Kingdom. A Lusitania Medallion With Carton Auction Archive It is dated to WilhelmshavenIn 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