United Kingdom. A Lusitania Propaganda Medal, With Case Hold Saskatchewan on probation

Saskatchewan on probation

with the 8th Flotilla as tender to H

In silver Medal (marked

A Latin cross constructed of bronze and red and white enamels

or cracking

United Kingdom. A Lusitania Propaganda Medal, With Case Hold Saskatchewan on probationConstructed of magnetic iron, the 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