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German WWI Patriotic Postcard, Weddigen U-29 Memorial Card
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Description
Original era manufacture. Full color, commercially produced card honoring the memory of Otto Weddigen, whose U-29 was sunk with all hands by HMS Dreadnought in 1916. He won instant fame in September 1914 when his U-9 sank the British cruisers Aboukir, Cressy & Hogue. 'He is not dead, his spirit lives on in his Comrades'