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https://hdl.handle.net/10599/11134| Title: | Lusitania medal - British propaganda version |
| Authors: | Goetz, Karl South Dublin Libraries Local Studies |
| Keywords: | WWI First World War World War One Lusitania British propaganda medal |
| Issue Date: | 1915 |
| Description: | British propaganda version of German Satirical Medal by medallist Karl Goetz (June 28 1875—September 8 1950). Obverse shows the Lusitania sinking stern first with munitions on her deck. Above is writted "No Contraband Goods!" Below, in German, "The liner Lusitania sunk by a German submarine May 5, 1915". Reverse shows a skeleton, representing death, selling tickets at a booth with a "Cunard" sign. Along the top of the medal is "Geschaft Uber Alles" or "Business Above All" admonishing the Cunard Line for willingly placing passengers on a munitions carrier. At left a man reads a newspaper with a headline in German which translates as "U-Boat danger". Behind stands the German ambassador, Count Johann-Heinrich von Bernstorff, raising a finger representing the German warning that was placed in a large number of U.S. newspapers beside the Cunard advertisement. |
| URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10599/11134 |
| Copyright: | If you wish to reproduce this image please contact South Dublin Libraries Local Studies, County Library, Tallaght, or e-mail localstudies@sdublincoco.ie. |
| Appears in Collections: | Published Items World War I |
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| wm_Lusitania1.jpg | Generated Web Image | 1.21 MB | JPEG |  View/Open |
| wm_Lusitania2.jpg | Generated Web Image | 302.15 kB | JPEG |  View/Open |
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