Lot 1461

Sale 143 · Upcoming Sale 143 Important Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Description

Germany, Satirical medal by Walther Eberbach, Dance of Death Series, Sinking of the Lusitania, 1916, iron 69mm, skeleton representing death with hands on hips, standing over the sinking liner, legend translates as “Malice and forewarned recklessness on board the Lusitania”, rev. legend translates as “To Woodrow Wilson the defier of warnings 1916”. The rarest of the Lusitania medals. Extremely fine.

Estimate
$360
Result Status
Not offered