A Cunard Line R.m.s. Lusitania Medallion With Box Archive The Rhineland

The Rhineland

Those which were not distributed until after Christmas were sent out with a card wishing the recipient a "victorious new year"

and used a form of the Roman salute as greeting

OTHER DOCUMENTS

A Canadian WWII Northern Europe Group of Five - 1939-1945 Star

A Cunard Line R.m.s. Lusitania Medallion With Box Archive The RhinelandBlackened 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