RMS Lusitania - Cunard - original WWI First World War period...

Hammer

£28

RMS Lusitania - Cunard - original WWI First World War period British Propaganda medal, after the German original which was released to 'commemorate' the sinking of the liner. In original box with folded certificate explaining the medal. Lusitania was a British ocean liner that was sunk on 7 May 1915 by a German U-boat 11 miles off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 passengers and crew. The sinking occurred about two years before the United States declaration of war on Germany.