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GREAT BRITAIN: medal (58.48g), 1915, Choice Unc

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GREAT BRITAIN: medal (58.48g), 1915, Choice Unc
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GREAT BRITAIN: medal (58.48g), 1915, Kienast-156var, English 55mm copy of cast iron medal for the Sinking of the Lusitania by Karl Goetz, violent scene of ship sinking with KEINE BANN WARE around and "DER GROSSDAMPFER / LVSITANIA / DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES / TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT / 5 MAY 1915" in exergue // customers lined up at ticket window marked CUNA[RD] /LINIE above, CUNARD (vertical along side), and FAHRKARTEN / AUSGABE below and manned by skeleton, with GESCHAFT VBER ALLES around and "K.G" in exergue, with old Spink envelope and old Coins Magazine article, plain edge, Choice Unc. The English decided to copy the German version of this propaganda medal, leaving the error date but anglicizing the month name to MAI. The copies have a diameter of 55mm versus the 57mm originals. This medal was also copied by the American company Sandstrom & Mahood and can be identified by larger K.G initials in a larger exergue.