A First War Rms Lusitania Propaganda Medal Buy Now Julius Gombos von Jakka

Julius Gombos von Jakka

extremely fine and rare combination of awards

He became the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture in 1896

Type I - Brass

A First War Rms Lusitania Propaganda Medal Buy Now Julius Gombos von JakkaWWI RMS Lusitania Propaganda Medal 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