RMS Lusitania. WWI Propaganda Iron Medal, 1915. Boxed With Paperwork. 55mm.
 
A British issue propaganda medal produced during The Great War of 1914-18, of the original German medal designed by Karl Goetz. The design was replicated and distributed by the British to demonstrate the brutality of the sinking of the passenger ship, RMS Lusitania.
 
“This medal has been struck in Germany with the object of keeping alive in German hearts the recollection of the glorious achievement of the German Navy in deliberately destroying an unarmed passenger ship, together with 1,198 non-combatants, men, women and children.”
 
The box and paperwork with some overall age wear.