| Location | Germany (1871-1948) |
| Year | 1915 |
| Type | Advertising medallions › Satirical medals |
| Composition | Iron |
| Weight | 70.10 g |
| Diameter | 55 mm |
| Thickness | 4 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Edge | Smooth |
| Period | |
| Notice | Karl Goetz |
| Reference(s) | Kienast#156, Eimer#1941A, BHM#4118 |
| Obverse description | The Lusitania sinking in heavy seas; in five lines in exergue. |
| Obverse lettering | KEINE BANN WARE
DER GROSSDAMPFER
LUSITANIA
DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES
TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT
5 MAI 1915 (Translation: no contraband! the liner Lusitania sunk by a German submarine) |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Reverse description | Skeleton (as Death) standing left within ticket booth, queue of passangers to the left. |
| Reverse lettering | GESCHAFT VBER ALLES
KOG (Translation: business above all) |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Engraver | |
| Mintage | 1915 - Eimer 1941A a; with in inscription May and Geschaft;Stamped K. GOETZ on edge - 1915 - Eimer 1941A b; with in inscription May and Geschaft;no inscription on edge, without cardboard box, descriptive label on lid and propaganda leaflet - 1915 - Eimer 1941A c; with in inscription May and Geschaft;no inscription on edge, with cardboard box, descriptive label on lid and propaganda leaflet - 1915 - Eimer 1941A d; with in inscription May and Geschaft;Stamped K. GOETZ on edge struck and not cast - 1915 - Eimer 1941A d; with in inscription May and Geschaft;Stamped K. GOETZ on edge struck and not cast - 1915 - German Medal with inscription Mai and Geschäft - 1915 - German Medal with inscription Mai and Geschäft and with the corrected date 7 Mai 1915 - |
| Catalog ID | 5717590880 |
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