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Katanning Historical Society > Records

Lusitanai Medal

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1915

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Overview

The Medal Lusitania Germany 1915, there is German writing on both sides, sinking ship on one side, people in a queue buying tickets from a skeleton on other side.

Historical information

The medal was found in the garden of a Katanning home by Joan Blake in 1981. In the early part of 1915 the German peopl believed that the 'Lisitania was shipping arms from America to England and advertised in the American papers of the day that they would sinl the ship if it sailed. This iron medal show the German submarine sinking the Lusitania. The tickets are being sold by a skeleton.

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cwa-org-202-HS2005.44

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5.5000 cm

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Australian War Memorial Collection

Description of the medal and its history.

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Copyright and Reference

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Date of creation +70 years

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