File:Lusitania medal.jpg
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Summary
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English: British iron copy of a German bronze medal about the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915.
The inscription reads:
Which roughly translates as "No Contraband! The large steamer Lusitania sunk by a German submarine 5 May 1915". The reverse shows a skeleton in the ticket window ("Fahrkarten Ausgabe") of the Cunard Line in New York. One of the passengers standing in line is reading a newspaper with a title mentioning the U-Boat danger. Across the top is the text "Geschäft über Alles" (business above everything). The 500 original medals by German designer Karl Goetz were cast in August 1915 with the date "5. May 1915", two days before the actual sinking. British propaganda took advantage of this error, spreading about 250,000 cheap iron copies with the date "5 May 1915". Goetz then issued a corrected version, with "7. May 1915" Webpages discussing the history of these coins: |
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Original uploader was Merovingian at en.wikipedia Later versions were uploaded by Hephaestos at en.wikipedia.
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Licensing
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The author died in 1950, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. |
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Original upload log
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- 2004-05-14 03:01 Hephaestos 202×205×8 (9869 bytes) cropped, smaller filesize
- 2004-02-22 13:17 Merovingian 405×500×8 (87776 bytes) German medal about RMS Lusitania, 1917
File history
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| current | 01:33, 2 May 2007 | | 202 × 205 (10 KB) | Matanya (usurped) | {{Information |Description=German medal about RMS Lusitania, August 1915 The inscription reads: <blockquote><b>Eine Bannware<br /> <br /> Der Grossdampfer<br /> Lusitania<br /> Durch Ein Deutscher<br /> Tauchboot Versenkt<br /> 5 May 1515</b></blockquot |
