United Kingdom. A Sinking of the Lusitania Medallion in Carton visually-hidden 1915 and upon arrival in

1915 and upon arrival in England

Golden Military Merit Cross (so called "Pour-le-Mérite" for enlisted)

both the obverse and reverse marked for engraver P

each held in place by dual visible metal rivets

as announced in the Supplement to the London Gazette 28911 of Tuesday

United Kingdom. A Sinking of the Lusitania Medallion in Carton visually-hidden 1915 and upon arrival inIn 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 ram German