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A German Second World War Admiral Graf Spee Photograph Album.
A rare souvenir photograph album of the battleship Admiral Graf Spee. Brown leatherette cover, screwed together on side with reinforced edges, embossed with an outline and the lettering of the Admiral Graf Spee on the cover. Dimensions 36cm x 25cm. The album contains 115 photos and postcards, starting with its first trip to Spain, then the Civil War in Spain, the laying of wreaths at the cenotaph in Lisbon, visit to Gibraltar, Cadiz, Bilbao, Morocco, images in the Atlantic, Buenos Aires, Montevideo. A photograph of the Commandant’s Declaration of War to the crew, practice torpedo shooting, numerous photographs of submarines and other warships. An onboard visit of the Spanish Falange, daily life onboard, photograph of the ship’s aircraft the Arado 96. A photograph of the impact damage of an English shell at the Battle of the River Plate, inspection after the battle, the burial of the 36 dead with ceremony photographs in the German Cemetery in Montevideo. Also some photographs of post war meetings of the former members of the ship, good overall condition £600-£800

The Admiral Graf Spee was launched on 30 June 1934 and was sunk in December 1939 following the Battle of the River Plate. Captain Langsdorff scuttled the ship and committed suicide himself on 20 December 1939.