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Medals Related to Navigation, Germany, SMS Möwe Heimkehr [Homecoming of the Cruiser SMS Möwe], 1916, a cast bronze medal by M. Götze for Ball, bust of Graf zu Dohna-Schlodien in cap right, reverse naked male figure at the mouth of the Weser welcoming the cruiser home, seagull above, 102mm (Frankenhuis 785).Very fine (£40-60)
The SMS Möwe returned to its home port of Bremerhaven on 4 Mar. 1916, having captured six enemy vessels in the North Atlantic, including the British passenger liner Appam, carrying gold bars valued at 1 million marks
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