United Kingdom. A Boxed Lusitania Medallion United Republic of A Miniature Swedish Order of

A Miniature Swedish Order of Vasa - in GOLD and enamels

In bronzed zinc alloy

scattered silvering wear on the reverse and overall on the obverse

The result was a considerable variation in the quality of examples seen from the period of the War of the Sixth Coalition

Soon after

United Kingdom. A Boxed Lusitania Medallion United Republic of A Miniature Swedish Order ofIn 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