v11_2255 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - WILLIAM II Médaille Naufrage du Lusitania 1915
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 304.90 €
Realised price : 182.94 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 274.41 €
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 304.90 €
Realised price : 182.94 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 274.41 €
Type : Médaille Naufrage du Lusitania
Date: 1915
Metal : iron
Diameter : 54 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 70,11 g.
Edge : lisse, poinçon AB
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sans trace d’usure et à belle patine noire uniforme
Obverse
Obverse legend : KEINE BANN WARE.
Obverse description : Le Lusitania en train de sombrer, à l’exergue en cinq lignes : DER GROSSDAMPFER/ LUSITANIA/ DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES/ TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT/ 5 MAI 1915.
Reverse
Reverse legend : GESCHAFT VBER ALLES.
Reverse description : Foule devant un guichet tenu par un squelette, à l’exergue : KOG.
Historical background
GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - WILLIAM II
(15/06/1888-9/11/1918)
William II (27/01/1859-4.06/1941) is the eldest son of Frederick and Victoria of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. He is therefore the grandson of Queen Victoria of England. Emperor in 1888, he let himself be drawn into the First World War by his staff and had to abdicate in 1918. He took refuge in the Netherlands and died in 1941.
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