Sold
$140
Est.
$100
Bids:
9
Timed Auction
Electronic Auction 537
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Description
WINDSOR. temp. George V. 1910-1936. Cast FE Medal (56mm, 61.01 g, 12h). The Sinking of the RMS Lusitania. British copy issued by Gordon Selfridge, after Karl Goetz. Dated 5 May 1915. KEINE BANN WARE! (No contraband!), the Lusitania sinking in heavy seas; DER GROSSDAMPFER/=LUSITANIA=/DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES/TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT/5 MAY 1915 (the liner Lusitania sunk by a German submarine) in five lines in exergue / GESCHAFT UBER ALLES (business above all), skeleton (as Death) standing left within ticket booth marked CUNA[RD]/LINIE and C/U/N/A/R/D (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). Lacquered gray-black surfaces. As made.
Closing Date and Time: 26 April 2023 at 14:39:00 ET.
All winning bids are subject to an 20% buyer’s fee.
Closing Date and Time: 26 April 2023 at 14:39:00 ET.
All winning bids are subject to an 20% buyer’s fee.