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Modern medal
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Hampshire Cultural Trust, Katie Hinds, 2015-11-27 23:22:34
Title
Modern medal
Description
English: Two fragments of an outer covering of a British propagadist medal, the original being German and made following the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915. The central core of the object is missing.

The small fragment is from the obverse and reads DER GROSSDAM[PFER] // =LVSITANI[A=] // [D]VRCH EIN DEVT[SHCES] // [TA]VCHBOOT VE[RSENKT] // 7 MAY 1915 (The large steamer Lusitania is sunk by German submarine 7 May 1915). MIssing is an image of the Lusitania sinking under the legend KEINE BANN WARE ('no contraband').
The reverse is almost complete and depicts the figure of Death sitting at the booking office of the Cunard Line giving out tickets to passengers, who refuse to attend to the warning against submarines given by a German. Above is the inscription [GESC]HAFT UBER ALLES (business above all).

The larger fragment measures 56.3mm in diameter and is 0.8mm thick. It weighs 7.91g. The colour of the metal to the front is a bright coppery-orange, while to the reverse it is a shiny grey/ silver colour. The smaller fragment is irregularly shaped and measures 34.3x12.0x0.5mm, weighing 0.48g. It is grey in colour to the front with a white residue, while the reverse is covered with a green concretion. Both fragments together weigh 8.39g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hampshire
Date between 1915 and 1919
date QS:P571,+1915-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1915-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1919-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 754674
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/543022
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/543022/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/754674
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Object location51° 13′ 51.6″ N, 0° 51′ 59.13″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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