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Electronic Auction 524

Lot nuber 964

WINDSOR. Iron Medal (55mm, 61.87 g, 12h). The Sinking of the RMS Lusitania. British copy issued by Gordon Selfridge, after K. Goetz. Dated 5 May 1915. EF.


Electronic Auction 524
Lot: 964.
 Estimated: $ 100

British Medals, Iron

Sold For $ 80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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WINDSOR. Iron Medal (55mm, 61.87 g, 12h). The Sinking of the RMS Lusitania. British copy issued by Gordon Selfridge, after K. Goetz. Dated 5 May 1915. KEINE BANN WARE! (no contraband!), the Lusitania sinking in heavy seas; in five lines in exergue, DER GROSSDAMPFER/=LUSITANIA=/DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES/TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT/5 MAY 1915 (the liner Lusitania sunk by a German submarine) / GESCHAFT UBER ALLES (business above all), skeleton (as Death) standing left within ticket booth marked CUNA[RD]/LINIE and CUNARD (the Cunard Line, owners of the ship) above and to right, and FAHRKARTEN/AUSGABE (ticket office) below; to left, queue of passangers, one of whom reads a newspaper with the headline U/BOO[T]/GEFAH[R] (U-Boat danger). Burns, Commemoration 2a1BHM –; Eimer 1941Ab; cf. Kienast 156 (for prototype). EF. Includes original box (damaged with tape) with lid missing.


Closing Date and Time: 28 September 2022 at 15:21:00 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 20% buyer’s fee.