GERMANY. Empire. Sinking of the "Lusitania" Cast Iron Medal, "1915" (ca. 1918/9). ESSENTIALLY AS MADE.

Burns-4B; cf. Eimer-1941Ab (for British copy); cf. Kienast-156 (for prototype). American copy. Issued by Sandstrom & Mahood, after Goetz. Obverse: The Lusitania sinking in heavy seas; Reverse: Death (as a skeleton) standing left within ticket booth marked CUNA[RD]/LINIE and CUNARD ( the Cunard Line, owners of the ship ); to left, queue of passengers, one of whom reads a newspaper with the headline U/BOO[T]/GEFAH[R] (U-Boat danger).

Estimate: $100.00- $200.00