United Kingdom; Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Newly Listed Knight Second Class

Knight Second Class

32 mm x 33

the reverse presents a bust of Christopher Columbus in the center

covered completely with thin plate of Gold (not gold plated)

Banak is an airport in northern Norway which the German Luftwaffe used during the occupation of Norway

United Kingdom; Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Newly Listed Knight Second ClassIn gilt 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