United Kingdom. A Lusitania Medallion With Carton Auction Archive Short of breath on exertion

Short of breath on exertion

his death related to his Great War service

But it was just enough for a pilot

once folded in half and in slightly worn condition

each patch is hand-embroidered with a white inscription of “GAU XI SCHÜTZENGESELLSCHAFT KOFFEREN”

United Kingdom. A Lusitania Medallion With Carton Auction Archive Short of breath on exertionIn 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