smsemden

This picture had been taken after the fight with the Emden.

I wonder how many of these men survived the war. I hate the new flickr format!

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/toots] @Cassies grandma Interesting you should ask ... ;) There were books written and movies made about the crew of the SMS Emden. A blurb from the back cover of one book: "The Last Cruise of the Emden is the true story of one of the most extraordinary and little-known escapades of World War I. On August 2, 1914, the Emden, a German light cruiser, was steaming peacefully off the China coast when over its wireless came the message that the German Empire was at war. The ship was made ready for action. Sailing to the Indian Ocean under orders, the Emden sank some twenty merchant vessels - most of them British - a Russian cruiser, and a French destroyer. "What followed was a six-month voyage that took the Emden and its crew halfway around the world, fighting heroic battles both on land and at sea, culminating in a dramatic journey across the Arabian desert, which saw the crew survive attacks of malaria, typhus, dysentery, and the murderous onslaught of Lawrence of Arabia's bedouin tribesmen."  

Slight correction of the note: the name of the ship is "Ayesha", not Dyesha. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmuth_von_Mücke The picture was taken on the occasion of Kapitänleutnant von Mücke's wedding with Carla Finke in June 1915, after his and his men's adventurous return from the South Seas via the Arab peninsula and Constantinople: books.google.de/books?id=8uDIrtb5DzEC&pg=PA77&lpg...

Thanks Pixel. I guess I could have googled it but I appreciate your input.

Mücke has appeared twice before in the Bain collection, and there are further notes under those photos

This picture had been taken circa 1945.

Amazing photograph.

Wow! Very cool.

Awesome!!!