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Great Britain, steel restrike of a German propaganda medal commemorating the sinking of the Lusitani

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Great Britain, steel restrike of a German propaganda medal commemorating the sinking of the Lusitani
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Great Britain, steel restrike of a German propaganda medal commemorating the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915, with original 3"x3" box and paperwork. 64.8 grams. With a skeletal Cunard agent selling tickets on the obverse and the sinking of the ship on the reverse, the original of this medal was unabashed propaganda by the Germans (who torpedoed and sank the Lusitania) to show the folly of sending hapless passengers to their death in dangerous waters during wartime; but then the British realized they could portray the Germans as heartless barbarians by striking medals with the very same design! This specimen AU or better but with rusty encrustation in crevices.