H12198 Accession Number: H12198

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Firth of Forth, Scotland. 21 November 1918. Admiral von Meurer, Commanding the German Fleet, coming aboard the British Battleship Queen Elizabeth for the start of the surrender ceremony. The next day the German warships under custody of Allied Navy ships moved to Scapa Flow. (Donor Imperial War Museum Q19282)

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Accession Number
H12198
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
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Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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