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1915 GB-Sinking of the Lusitania - British Propaganda

  Lot # J301
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Lot # J301
System ID # 18828434
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1915 GB-Sinking of The Lusitania - British Propaganda

  • Obverse

    • Legend: KEINE BANNWARE/ in exergue, DER GROSSDAMPFER/ =LVSITANIA=/ DURCH EIN DEVTSCHES/ TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT/ 5 MAI 1915
    • Type: Lusitania depicted as an armed cruiser,sinking, deck loaded with contraband armaments including aircraft and cannon
  • Reverse

    • Legend: GESCHÄFT ÜBER ALLES
    • Type: Death in a Cunard ticket window inNew York City, standing near the line for tickets a man reads a newspaper on which is printed U-BOOT GEFAHR (“U-boat danger”); standing next to him a top-hatted and bearded figure, the German Ambassador to the US Count Johann-Heinrich von Bernstorff, raising a warning finger

Condition:
Good, Comes As Shown

Size:
2 1/8" Diameter
Note: Soup Can included in Photos for Scale