United Kingdom; Germany, Imperial. Replica Lusitania Medallion GTRexclude Temporary Captain in the Army

Temporary Captain in the Army

raised platform with a black velvet medal bed

Hector William Hadland was born on March 17

the base bearing a handwritten number of “1028” indicating original issue with the decoration

was part of the 1st Airborne Division

United Kingdom; Germany, Imperial. Replica Lusitania Medallion GTRexclude Temporary Captain in the ArmyIn 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