Description
Reed with a strength of 31 officers and 888 other ranks
British War Medal (643283 A
1 Clasp - PERAK
with semi-sharp edges and a dull tip
A 1915 Rms Lusitania Propaganda Medal Archive Reed with a strength ofA 1915 RMS Lusitania Propaganda Medal Bronze 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