United Kingdom. A Lusitania Medallion With Carton Auction A 1939 Wien Studentenweltspiele badge

A 1939 Wien Studentenweltspiele badge (20-27

The document is named to Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) Strathmann (no first name given)

Footnote: these badges were worn by the River Boat Pilots whose duties were to guide larger ships through dangerous waters on large rivers in Germany

) and Victory Medal (226608 PTE

measuring 72 mm x 41 mm

United Kingdom. A Lusitania Medallion With Carton Auction A 1939 Wien Studentenweltspiele badgeIn 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