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This color postcard shows the battleship S.M.S. Schwaben along with an attractive young woman dressed as a sailor, holding a net on her shoulder. She can be identified as a “part” of the S. M. S. Schwaben’s crew by her mütze’s cap tally.
POSTCARD CUTIE – S.M.S. SCHWABEN
SKU: 44-15$20.00
This color postcard shows the battleship S.M.S. Schwaben along with an attractive young woman dressed as a sailor, holding a net on her shoulder. She can be identified as a “part” of the S. M. S. Schwaben’s crew by her mütze’s cap tally.
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This color postcard shows the battleship S.M.S. Schwaben along with an attractive young woman dressed as a sailor, holding a net on her shoulder. She can be identified as a “part” of the S. M. S. Schwaben’s crew by her mütze’s cap tally.
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SKU: 44-319$50.00
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Kaiser Wilhelm was ecstatic, not only with his colonial forces (which he had pushed for over von Bismarck’s objections), but with his beloved Navy. Therefore, on 24 June 1900 he awarded the PLM to Lans. Even more unprecedented, he awarded a PLM to the S.M.S. Iltis! From that point forward, the ship proudly wore an oversized PLM on the jack stand at the ship’s bow. The Iltis then continued to patrol the waters of China until 1914, when WW I led Germany’s East Asian Squadron (Ostasien Geschwader) to return home.
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SKU: 44-143$20.00
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