Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Auction hallmarked on the reverse cartouche

hallmarked on the reverse cartouche T

The Merit Cross for Females was introduced in 1979

introduced them and several other members of VIVA to three wives of missing pilots

Frank Waddington Rushton

attached to the Depot Ship H

Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Auction hallmarked on the reverse cartoucheIn 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