November Online Part I
Online-Only Auction, 22 - 28 November 2021
Works on Paper
Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 4 690
About this Item
South African 1879-1958
Cape Town, S.A, Arrival of German M. O. War Schelswig-Holstein (sic), 1932
signed; inscribed with the title on the reverse
watercolour on paper laid down on card
19,5 by 27,5cm excluding frame; 38 by 45 by 1,5cm including frame
Notes
The ship represented, (named Schleswig-Holstein after two former provinces of Prussia), fired the first shots of WWII when she bombarded the Polish base at Danzig in the early morning on 1st September, 1939. The ship was sunk later by British bombers in Gotenhaven, December 1944.
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