WORLD ART MEDALS Germany, Baralong Mörder [The Baralong Murder], 1915, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, hand holding dagger, cuff of sleeve decorated with the Union Jack, reverse three standing figures, 58mm (K 162; BDM VII, 384; cf. Simmons FPL 12, 141). File marks on rim, very fine, rare (£40-60)

The medal relates to the sinking of the submarine U-27 by the English destroyer Baralong, disguised as a neutral American merchantman, 19 Aug. 1915