Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Hold the reverse bearing a raised

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR TREUE DIENSTE” (“FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE”)

and a maker’s mark of “GUSTAV BREHMER

(U-Boots-Kriegsabzeichen)

It was for his efforts during the Battle of Guadalcanal that he would earn a Battalion Citation from A

Every German Olympic medallist at 1936 Berlin Olympic received such a signed photo from Hitler

Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Hold the reverse bearing a raisedIn blackened iron, 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 Admiralty had ordered merchant vessels to attempt to ram