A 1915 Rms Lusitania Propaganda Medal Archive British War Medal (643283 A

British War Medal (643283 A

Reed with a strength of 31 officers and 888 other ranks

He died in April 1972 at the age of 80 years

(BCM1151 )

with semi-sharp edges and a dull tip

A 1915 Rms Lusitania Propaganda Medal Archive British War Medal (643283 AA 1915 RMS Lusitania Propaganda Medal Bronze 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