SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA, 1916, Cast Iron, Blackened, 69.4mm, wt.69.90g. UNC RR

Medal commemorating the sinking of the SS 'Lusitania', 1915.

Obverse: Death crouching over the 'Lusitania' sinking by the stern. Legend: 'HEIMTÜCKE . U . GEWARNTER . LEICHTSINN . AN . BORD . D . LUSITANIA.' (Malice and forewarned foolhardiness on board the 'Lusitania'.)

Reverse: Inscription, within a cartouche shaped like a pentagram with scalloped edges, 'DEM VERÄCHTER DER . WARNUNG WOODROW WILSON 1916.' (To the scorner of the warning, Woodrow Wilson, 1916.)

I don't think I have ever seen a design like that before. Pretty darn cool way to get the theme across!

It's interesting that the Goetz medal on the same subject features a skeleton as well, selling tickets for 'Lusitania'.

It's like an Op-Ed piece.

Thanks for sharing. It's wonderful and gruesome at the same time.

...more to come