UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Germany - Great Britain - United States. Duo of Cast Iron Medals (2 Pieces), 1915 & 1918/9. ESSENTIALLY AS MADE.

Sinking of the Lusitania, after that by Karl Goetz. For both pieces: Obverse: GESCHAFT UBER ALLES ( business above all ), Death (as a skeleton) standing left within ticket booth marked CUNA[RD]/LINIE and CUNARD ( the Cunard Line, owners of the ship ) above and to right, and FAHRKARTEN/AUSGABE ( ticket office ) below; to left, queue of passengers, one of whom reads a newspaper with the headline U/BOO[T]/GEFAH[R] ( U-Boat danger ); Reverse: The Lusitania sinking in heavy seas; legend in five lines in exergue. 1) British copy. Eimer-1941Ab. Includes original box of issue. 2) American copy by Sandstrom & Mahood. cf. Eimer-1941Ab (for British copy).

Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00