Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Auction Archive thirteen maker marked with A

thirteen maker marked with A

for operations in El Alamein

in some cases using the mattresses from their own beds as makeshift stretchers

The knife is in an overall better than very fine condition

with a neck (shank) at the mid-point of the arch

Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Auction Archive thirteen maker marked with AIn 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