1915 Sinking of the Lusitania Medal, German Version dated Mai 1915; the Lusitania was an ocean liner run by the Cunard Line and sunk by a German submarine during World War I, nearly 1200 people lost their lives when the ship went down, including many women and children, and this event turned public opinion against Germany; there are at least two versions of the medal; the design of the original medal was created by Karl Goetz, whose initials “K.G.†are on bottom of the obverse; some people think the German version celebrated the sinking of the ship, while the English version was later copied by the British for propaganda purposes during the war; the German version reads “Mai 1915â€, while the English version reads “May†heavy, 67 mm