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Artist:     A. Orth ( German Illustrator around 1920)
Title:     Commemorative sheet for the Battle of the Falkland Islands between Germany and England in 1914
Item ID   6462
Price:     600.00 €
   

   
 

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Commemorative sheet for the Battle of the Falkland Islands between Germany and England on 1.12.1914 during WWI . Under image of the battle are German inscriptions:


” Graf von Spee nimmt den Kampf mit der Hauptmacht des Feindes auf sich und geht erenvoll kämpfend unter. Ebenso seine beiden Söhne.

Gedenkblatt für Schlacht bei den Falklandsinseln between Germany and Enland on 1.12.1914.


Der Kampf war zu ungleich als dass er zu Günsten Spee's hätte endigen können;  Sturdee ( vice-admiral) besass auf beiden Schlachkreuzern Kanonen zu 30.5 cm, Spee zu 21 cm, daher der, peindliche Vorteil, ebenso die Schnelligkeit 26:20 Seemeilen”

and under again : ” Gezeichnet und gemahlen nach Berichten von von Orth Al.., den den 20.Juni 1923”

Here is English translation: 

Count von Spee takes on the battle with the enemy's main force and goes down fighting hard. Likewise his two sons.

Commemorative sheet for the Battle of the Falklands Islands between Germany and England on December 1st, 1914.

The fight was too unequal to end in Spee's favor;
Sturdee (vice-admiral) had 30.5 cm cannons on both battle cruisers and Spee 21 cm, hence the embarrassing advantage, as well as the speed of 26:20 nautical miles.

drawed and painted according to reports by Orth Al.. on 20 Juny 1923.

full information about the battle at Falkland Islands see under following link from on-line Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands

Inscriptions:  signed and dated A.(?) Orth VI. 1923 and a few ink inscriptions in German:  above the image (vertical) with names of ships  and under the image with description of the battle.

Technique: gouache, watercolour on paper, framed.

Meadurements: unframed, only image (38 x 29 cm), framed (42 x 32 cm).

Condition: overall good, repaired tear (3 cm) on the right edge of the image.


   
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