RMS Lusitania British Commemoration Propaganda Boxed Medallion
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1932
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RMS Lusitania British Commemoration Propaganda Boxed Medallion. The German artist Karl Goetz was so incensed by the mere idea that a passenger liner might have been used for military purposes that he decided to produce a medal satirising the subject. He mistakenly stated on the medal that the date of the sinking was 5 May – two days earlier than the actual event. This caused an outcry in Britain and accusations that the sinking had been premeditated by the Germans. This use of the wrong date was in fact a mistake, but copies of the medal were made and distributed in Britain in protest against the Germans’ use of medallic art to effectively celebrate a tragedy. This British copy had its own presentation box and is in good overall condition.
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