{"product_id":"germany-1915-sinking-of-the-s-s-lusitania-57mm-medal","title":"Germany 1915 Sinking Of The S.S Lusitania 57mm Original Bronze Medal","description":"\u003cp\u003eKienast 156.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e57mm. Bronze. 63.6g. \u003cspan\u003eBy Karl Goetz.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eObverse showing the Lusitania slipping beneath the waves, dated '5 MAI' in exergue, re\u003cspan\u003everse showing a skeleton (representing death) selling passage at a ticket office with people queuing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Edge stamped K.GOETZ.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome green within devices, althought this stable, otherwise Extremely Fine. This is an example of the extremely rare first issue, produced by Goetz before he corrected the date of the sinking to May 7th.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe National WWI Museum and Memorail website suggests that Goetz produced around 430 examples of this original first version, in his home. For comparison, the later, common copies were produced to the number of 250,000.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coopers Coins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60059938488704,"sku":null,"price":795.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2437\/4545\/files\/STA_0264_f1aeadd7-404e-4079-8da8-df46e01d0570.png?v=1791318456","url":"https:\/\/www.cooperscoins.com\/products\/germany-1915-sinking-of-the-s-s-lusitania-57mm-medal","provider":"Coopers Coins \u0026 Medals Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}