(1889 - 1941) German Admiral whose military service spanned almost 30 years. Lutjens was one of only three flag officers who protested, in writing, against the anti-Jewish 'Kristallnacht' pogroms, but is most remembered for going down on the battleship BISMARCK on May 27, 1941. Excessively rare S.P., 5 x 8 in. b/w, a three-quarter length pose in uniform, Berlin, ca. 1934, signed on the mount: 'Lutjens, Kapitan zur See, Kommandant der Kreuzer Karlsruhe' Also signed by the photoghrapher` in pencil. Fine. Like the BISMARCK, the KARLSRUHE was sunk by British warships, in her case on April 9, 1940 after being torpedoed by a British submarine. BISMARCK would sink a little more than a year later.