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