Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Hold It was for his efforts

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

Every German Olympic medallist at 1936 Berlin Olympic received such a signed photo from Hitler

Leather sweatband slightly soiled but otherwise near very fine condition

enamel chipping at the tip of the arm at 10 o'clock on the obverse

Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Hold It was for his effortsIn 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