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Caption: Germans S.S. Lusitania Medallion (Click on image to enlarge.)
Additional Description: The Germans, too, remembered the Lusitania, albeit for different reasons. This postcard presents pictures of the medallion struck by the Germans to commemorate the sinking. On the one side (left), is the legend, "The Grand Steamship Lusitania, sunk by a German U-Boat, 7th of May, 1915". The other side presents a satirical view of rich passengers lining up to buy tickets at the Cunard Line window (being manned by a skeleton), with the slogan above reading "Business Above All".

The sinking of the Lusitania was not completely without warning, as the German government had in April placed ads in American newspapers warning that travellers entering the war zone on ships flying the flags of Great Britain or her allies did so at their own risk. After the sinking, the Germans justified the sinking by noting that the ship had munitions as cargo, and that the ship in previous war-time trips carried troops and munitions to Britain. Subsequent investigations have also revealed that large amounts of munitions were indeed being transported.
Submitted: August 6, 2015.
Database Locator Identification Number: p320215
File Size: 0.270 Megabytes

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