Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Hold Correspondence letters from A

Correspondence letters from A

Leather sweatband slightly soiled but otherwise near very fine condition

It was for his efforts during the Battle of Guadalcanal that he would earn a Battalion Citation from A

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR TREUE DIENSTE” (“FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE”)

(U-Boots-Kriegsabzeichen)

Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Hold Correspondence letters from AIn 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