Dating
1939
Obverse
VORS(SICHT) HÖLLEN- / MASCHINE / AN MR. / CHURCHILL / EIN MEISTER DER LÜGE, full figure of Sir Winston Churchill seated on a wooden shipping crate; he holds in his left hand a balance scale, a bomb marked with a Union Flag in the far balance, a torpedo with swastika in the near balance which Churchill points out with his right hand as his left hand tips the scale to weigh down the torpedo
Reverse
ATHENIA / 4 SEPTEMBER 1939 / GUIDO GOETZ, passenger liner inscribed; breaking waves steaming to right; Skeleton figure of death straddles the bow, facing, slightly to right, holding a torch in its right hand, and a bomb with a Union Flag in its left hand
