Lusitania Medal - British Anti-German Propaganda

BRITISH SECRET SERVICE FAKE GERMAN MEDAL

A SUPERB PIECE OF BRITISH
ANTI-GERMAN PROPAGANDA
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AN ORIGINAL BOXED
LUSITANIA MEDAL

Over the past 150 years the government of the country of Britain jealously guarded their commercial and military successes around the world. Never more so than their monopoly was threatened by Germany. British spies in the Mid East and Russia saw to it that control of oil from those areas would be in English hands and that the Germans would get none of it. The British Government took an active part in securing the output of South African diamond mines and took every opportunity to inspire rebellion against the government in the German colonies in the south of the African continent.

The Lusitania medal we offer here was produced by the English Secret Service in Britain in 1915 and blamed on the Germans. The English claimed it was simply an exact replica of a medal “designed in Germany and distributed to commemorate the sinking of the [Cunard Line Steamship] Lusitania”.

The front side of the medal (above) shows the Lusitania going under the sea beneath the words KEINE BANN WARE! (NO BANNED ARTICLES!) and above the words DER GROSSDAMPFER LUSITANIA DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES TAUCHBOOT VERSANKT 5 MAY 1915 ( the Great Steamer Lusitania Sunk By A German Submarine 5 May 1915).

The backside of the medal (left) shows a group of people buying tickets from a skeleton manning the window of a British Cunard Line sales office beneath the words GESCHAFT UBER ALLES (Commerce Before Anything Else). The initials KG at the bottom are the initials of Karl Goetz, a reasonable well-know German sculptor of the period.

While many experts attribute the medal to the German government there is virtually no reason the believe they would have commissioned a medal to commemorate the sinking of a passenger liner and the taking of 1198 lives. They didn’t do it for other passenger liners. We feel it is more likely that the entire concept of such a medal was dreamed up by the British Secret Service in order to show the German government and its Navy in the worst possible light.

This rare 55 mm (about 2-3/16 inches) medal is very old, appears to be made of iron and comes complete with its original 3 x 3 inch printed paper box. The box has a cloth covered round receptacle in which the medal fits and the following information on the inside of the lid:

The “Lusitania” (German) Medal

An exact replica of the medal that was designed in Germany and distributed to commemorate the sinking of the “Lusitania”.

This indicated the true feeling the War Lords endeavor to stimulate, and is proof positive that such crimes are not merely regarded favorably, but are given every encouragement in the land of Kultur.

The “Lusitania” was sunk by a German submarine on May 7th, 1915. She had on board at the time 1,951 passengers and crew, of whom 1,198 perished.

The top piece of edge material on the cover of the box is missing but otherwise the box is complete and in good condition. The medal is not damaged and is precisely as you see it in our pictures.

This Lusitania medal is **SOLD**.

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