Admiral Graf Spee
Matrosenobergefreiter Gustav Neumann Collection
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HMS Ajax, one of the ships involved in the Battle of the River Plate.

 

December 14, 1939: The Admiral Graf Spee at Montevideo, Uruguay.

 

December 14, 1939: An unidentified crewman on top of a damaged 37mm twin mount on the Admiral Graf
Spee in Montevideo, Uruguay.

 

December 15, 1939: Funeral for the crewmen killed in the Battle of the River Plate.

 

December 15, 1939: Kapitän zur See Hans W. Langsdorff at the funeral for the the crew of the Admiral Graf Spee. Father Kuhn and Pastor Kummer are seen at the bottom right.

(All photos courtesy of Hugo R. Sochi, from the private collection of Delia S. Neumann wife of
Matrosenobergefreiter Gustav Neumann, Division 3, Admiral Graf Spee)




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