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Varieties

There are many varieties of the Lusitania medals in the market place. I'm in the process of writing a small booklet that describes each of these in detail along with easy to apply identifiers and approximate rarity and prices, but here are the basics:

Goetz First Medal (dated 5 MAI 1915)
With and without edge mark

Goetz Second Medal (dated 7 MAI 1915)
With and without edge mark
Iron and Bronze
Off metals

British Copies
Dated 5 MAY and 5 MAI
Differing styles of the "Y" in those dated with MAY
With and without the box and certificate of issue

American Copies
With and without the box and certificate of issue

Japanese Copies
Bronze and Silver

Modern Reproductions
Der Dienst Centrifugal Casting, Museum Reproductions, various counterfeits
 

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