United Kingdom. A Lusitania Propaganda Medal, With Case certificate_of_authenticity 115 mm x 152 mm

115 mm x 152 mm

Overseas Service Medal (Paradesha Sevā Padak) (in silvered bronze

the unit he was serving with at the time

H/45556 Private Nelson served with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps during the Second World War and died on April 21

United Kingdom. A Lusitania Propaganda Medal, With Case certificate_of_authenticity 115 mm x 152 mmConstructed of magnetic iron, the 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 Admiralty had ordered merchant vessels to attempt to