T HE LUSITANIA’S M EDALS.
; SUPPRESSED BY GERMANY. The G/erman Government, has confiscated the entire stock of the dies of the Lusitania memorial medal A ‘Berlin coin.factory struck the medal privately during the war, but its exJistence was generally unknown in Germany. ‘ 0, J Its fame in America was due to occasional specimens being taken out of ‘Germany and reproduced in ‘American ‘publications. American oflicers com;ing to Berlin eagerly demanded ihe medal, and when the factory renewed its output the German GOVerllnlcllt became worriecl, realising that such publicity hurt Germany in fhe. Entente ~ countries. ‘
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Taihape Daily Times, 20 August 1919, Page 3
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94THE LUSITANIA’S MEDALS. Taihape Daily Times, 20 August 1919, Page 3
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