Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Hold this dagger features a 197

this dagger features a 197 mm nickel-plated steel blade

(U-Boots-Kriegsabzeichen)

no chipping or cracks

In silver gilt with a red enameled background

Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Hold this dagger features a 197In 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