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Caption | Lansdorff addressed his crew aboard Admiral Graf Spee, possibly commissioning ceremony, 6 Jan 1936 ww2dbase | |||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Germany | |||||||
Date | 6 Jan 1936 | |||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||
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Licensing | This anonymous work originating in the European Union is in the public domain. Its copyright expired 70 years after the work was made available to the public. Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
Photo Size | 476 x 324 pixels |
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