G017591 "S.M.S. STETTIN" CAP TALLEY.
A full lenth, 140cm long woven black rayon constructed cap talley with machine woven script "S.M.S. Stettin" in silver flat threads. The S.M.S. Stettin, is one of only three German warships ever to visit the United States. This was found in an antique shop in Norfolk Virginia, near where the Stettin made a port call in 1912 and German sailors went ashore on liberty. An American’s souvenir of a rare event!
Of Note: (Wikipedia) "After her commissioning, Stettin served with the High Seas Fleet in German waters. In early 1912, Stettin was assigned to a goodwill cruise to the United States, along with the battlecruiser Moltke, the only German capital ship to ever visit the US, and the light cruiser Bremen. On 11 May 1912 the ships left Kiel and arrived off Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 30 May. There they met the US Atlantic Fleet and were greeted by then-President William Howard Taft aboard the presidential yacht USS Mayflower. After touring the East Coast for two weeks, they returned to Kiel on 24 June."
GRADE ****1/4 PRICE $149.00
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