United Kingdom; Germany, Imperial. Replica Lusitania Medallion certificate_of_authenticity (NS-Reichskriegerbund Brustadler)

(NS-Reichskriegerbund Brustadler)

where he was commissioned as an Acting Captain but relinquished the subsequent rank of Captain on August 17th and qualified as Class III Driver (I

Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 (silver and black paint)

he was created a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath

A document naming Unteroffizier (Sergeant) Heinz Hampel the recipient of the Iron Cross Second Class

United Kingdom; Germany, Imperial. Replica Lusitania Medallion certificate_of_authenticity (NS-Reichskriegerbund Brustadler)In 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