A First War Lusitania Medallion; First Version certificate_of_authenticity reverse illustrating a red cross

reverse illustrating a red cross on a shield flanked by leafing and inscribed "TO THE PRESIDENT AND PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / THE GRATITUDE OF THE SWISS FAMILIES / 1918" below

He is buried in Loos British Cemetery

Leuben Tinnie - Die-stamped brass

and twelve dollars per person was to be made

A First War Lusitania Medallion; First Version certificate_of_authenticity reverse illustrating a red crossA First War Lusitania Medallion; First Version Blackened bronze, non magnetic, obverse illustrating the stricken liner sinking, her stern submerged to left while her ram shaped bow, laden with armaments, rises clear of the water (an image contradicting eyewitness accounts which stated that the ship went down bow first, the shape of the bow being a reference to the configuration of warships of the period and possibly a reminder that the British