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WORLD WAR I GERMAN NAVAL POST CARDS
Good group of seventeen color and monochrome postcards, each approx. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2", All depicting various scenes of German naval activity during World War I, with a particular focus on U-boats. The group includes five images by prominent nautical artist Willy Stower, including views of a U-boats shelling an enemy port, sinking merchant ships, and attacking shipping in concert with torpedo boats, as well as a view of an engagement between surface warships. A further six feature works by Claus Bergen, another artist best known for his naval scenes. Bergen was notable for joining the crew of the U-53 for a combat patrol; the scenes presented here, all of which depict U-boat activity, were drawn from this experience. The remaining postcards shows various stylized views of U-boat and surface naval activity, including a sailor waving an Imperial German flag from atop his sinking U-boat as British warships bear down, sailors shooting at a seaplane with rifles from the conning tower of a U-boat, and a view of the cruiser YORCK, which sank in November 1914 after sailing into a German minefield, with loss of over 300 of her crew. Some cards show bumping at the edges, else very good.

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September 14, 2017 11:00 AM EDT
Elkton, MD, US

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