Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Auction Frank Waddington Rushton

Frank Waddington Rushton

The Merit Cross for Females was introduced in 1979

a Combat Infantryman Badge (in metal with blue enamels

after Villa had slipped across the border and raised Columbus

attached to the Depot Ship H

Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Auction Frank Waddington RushtonIn 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