Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Hold and a maker’s mark of

and a maker’s mark of “GUSTAV BREHMER

no chipping or cracks

In silver gilt with a red enameled background

Correspondence letters from A

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

Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Hold and a maker’s mark ofIn 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