Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Hold This most likely refers to

This most likely refers to his blindness

steel blue needle floats on a red jewelled bearing

Fine example of this type

one collar bearing a RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) label with manufacturer code “A4/21” and serial number “192262”

Badge in silvered feinzink

Germany, Imperial. A Lusitania Medallion Hold This most likely refers toIn 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