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1910 (Nov 30) Coloured picture postcard of Port Said to Halle bearing Germania 5pf tied Kais.Deutsche /Marine /Schiffspost /No 22 allocated to S.M.S. Gneisenau.
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Early in WW1 as part of the German fleet menacing allied shipping in the South Atlantic that on 1 Nov 1914 took part in the defeat of the British Naval force at the battle of Coronel where the British lost HMS Good Hope & Monmouth together with 1500+ sailors.