United Kingdom. A Boxed Lusitania Medallion certificate_of_authenticity 1971) at the lower right

1971) at the lower right

the DFC case with part of its wooden framework having separated from body but remain with the case

Commemorative Medal on the War 1914-18

Instituted 1459

United Kingdom. A Boxed Lusitania Medallion certificate_of_authenticity 1971) at the lower rightIn blackened 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