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ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE IN FLAMES

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(ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE) AWARDS LIST PUBLISHED IN THE LONDON GAZETTE: Printed 'Second Supplement to The London Gazette',8pp. 4to., London, Feb. 20, 1940, a list of the awards and honors bestowed by King George VI upon Rear Admiral Henry Harwood and and about fifty offic

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c. 1797 Wax of British Admiral Earl St. Vincent: Federal Period c. 1797 Polychrome Wax Portrait: Admiral Earl St. Vincent c. 1797 English Polychrome Hand-Colored Wax Portrait of British Admiral Earl St. Vincent, Shadowbox Display Framed, Choice Near

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9 Stereoviews of Union Generals and one Admiral: 9 Taylor & Huntington, Hartford, Conn. stereoviews of Civil War Union Generals and Admiral Farragut including Generals (Little Mac) McClellan, Alfred Pleasonton, G.H. Thomas, J.R. McPherson, N.P. Bank

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Framed Signature of Admiral David Farragut, “Damn the Torpedoes!”: Professionally framed signature of David Glasgow Farragut, a flag officer of the United States Navy during the Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and

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Lot of four original photographs of the scuttling and burning of the German pocket battleship ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE on December 17, 1939, from the collection of Captain Douglas H. Everett, M.B.E., Royal Navy, captain of the H.M.S. AJAX. Included are three postcard photographs, each 3.5 x 5.5 in. b/w showing the once-proud vessel in flames and settling to the bottom, the fourth image 7 x 9 in. b/w, a press photo by local photographer A. J. Carbone, showing one of the front turrets of the blazing ship. This photo bears a heavy crease at upper-left. Four pieces.

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ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE IN FLAMES

Name: ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE IN FLAMES
SKU: 132333505
Price: 140 USD
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