United Kingdom. An Rms Lusitania Propaganda Medal Newly Listed open-ended wreath clasp on original

open-ended wreath clasp on original triangular ribbon

Lillie Edwards of Toronto

It states that Wachtmeister (Flak equivalent of Sergeant) Anton Mischke of the 5th Battery of Heavy Flak Replacement Detachment 38 is being promoted to Oberwachtmeister (Flak equivalent of Master Sergeant)

In heavy cast bronze

plus scattered interruptions in the fabric throughout

United Kingdom. An Rms Lusitania Propaganda Medal Newly Listed open-ended wreath clasp on originalConstructed of magnetic iron, 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