Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Auction a Combat Infantryman Badge (in

a Combat Infantryman Badge (in metal with blue enamels

Scores of Continental pepperboxes

hallmarked on the reverse cartouche T

while the rear of the tunic is single-vented

Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Auction a Combat Infantryman Badge (inIn 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