Lusitania casualty medal pair and ‘death penny’ sell for five-figure sum

A “very rare” First World War pair of medals and memorial plaque to a female casualty of the SS Lusitania came up for auction at Mayfair saleroom Noonans (24% buyer’s premium) on July 16.

Matron Anna Endersen, Mercantile Marine, died when the ship was torpedoed and sunk off the coast o…

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