United Kingdom; Germany, Imperial. Replica Lusitania Medallion Auction Archive the anchor of the hook

the anchor of the hook sewn in place between the wool exterior and the interior lining

1896 in Brighton

(Etui für Eichenlaub und Schwertern zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

It is plain with the exception of a maker’s mark near the reverse ricasso of “E

suspended from a 20

United Kingdom; Germany, Imperial. Replica Lusitania Medallion Auction Archive the anchor of the hookIn 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