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1915 GB-Sinking of the Lusitania - British Propaganda
- Sold Winning Bid: $5.00
- 6 Bid(s) View Bid History
- High Bidder: Aembury
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Lot # J301
System ID # 18828434
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Description
1915 GB-Sinking of The Lusitania - British Propaganda
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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
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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