Facts & Imformation
The Germans planned to sink the Lusitania before the actual date making the first version of the Medal have the date of May 5 instead of May 7. He simply got the date from a incorrect newspaper report. He went on to make around 430 Medals with the date of May 5. He quickly changed the date to May 7. There are only 41-45 of these Medals with the correct date on them.
You would be given the Medal with a very attractive box. It almost looked like you were getting a piece of jewelry. You would be given a certificate with the box. In all you got the Medal, a certificate, and a decorative box.
The front depicts a picture of the Lusitania sinking from eyewitness accounts. The back is a picture of the dead, it depicts a skeleton behind the ticket line for Cunard cruise lines. He is serving what is depicted as hundreds of people. Paragraphs 1 & 2
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