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On piece, front, etc. |
Falkland Islands: 1939 Battle of the River Plate, “Graf Spee” Internees, ten Argentine Naval Ministry parole slips (‘furloughs’) from Isla Martin Garcia camp permitting leave of absence until midnight
individually signed by Btsm. Marquard, Ob.Btsm. Kelke, Verw.Feldw. Maiwald, Stbs.Ob.Mech. Mohr, Stbs.Ob.Masch. Malkwitz, Ob.Masch. Bartelsperger, Lang, Lehrnbecher, Moll and Reimann, dated between Jan. 15 and Dec. 29 1942 with notes of approved
lodging, mainly “Hotel Post"”with one “Hotel Adam” (reputed to be the local brothel), each with “Kriegsmarine/Kommando Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee” cachet in blue-green or blackish violet. Between April 1940 and the end of 1941, all but six of the
Graf Spee officers, and about 200 technical NCOs, absconded from their internment and returned to Germany where the majority served in the U-boat Arm.
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Est. £300-400
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