58596: Lusitania Medal

<p dir="ltr">The RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine on the 7th May 1915. 1,198 people died. The Germans struck a medal in commemoration of the event, but with the wrong date (the 5th May). This prompted an outcry and allegations that the sinking was premeditated murder.</p> <p>The medal was also struck by the English (the example here, mounted on an unofficial plinth) as a propaganda tool.</p>