United Kingdom. A Lusitania Medallion With Carton Archive (Ordo Beatae Mariae de Mercede

(Ordo Beatae Mariae de Mercede Redemptionis Captivorum)

It is otherwise unmarked and measures approximately 280 mm (l) x 130 mm (h) when folded

In bronze gilt with white and red enameling

consisting of 31 card stock pages bearing a variety of illustrations and black-and-white photographs

A Rare Order of Iron Trefoil Recepient Badge - Awarded to recipients of the highest Croatian decoration during WW II

United Kingdom. A Lusitania Medallion With Carton Archive (Ordo Beatae Mariae de MercedeIn 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