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COUNT FELIX VON LUCKNER AND THE COUNTESS VON LUCKNER WALKING DOWN SPENCER STREET, MELBOURNE, HAVING JUST ARRIVED BY TRAIN AT SPENCER STREET STATION IN JULY 1938. COUNT VON LUCKNER, WHOSE WORLD WAR 1 EXPLOITS AS THE CAPTAIN OF THE GERMAN RAIDER SEEADLER EARNED HIM THE TITLE OF "SEA DEVIL", VISITED AUSTRALIA DURING THE COURSE OF AN EXTENDED VOYAGE IN HIS YACHT SEETEUFEL. (COUNT VON LUCKNER'S NAME APPEARS AS VON LUXNER IN SOME OFFICIAL WORLD WAR 1 HISTORIES.) DURING HIS TIME IN AUSTRALIA IN 1938 HE WAS ENGAGED IN A SPEAKING TOUR OF MANY CENTRES IN NEW SOUTH WALES, VICTORIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND QUEENSLAND.
HORSES AT RENNER SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 1941. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN WHEN SIGNALS PERSONNEL FROM NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE FROM ALICE SP
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT
Portrait of Felix Count Von Luckner who had captained the German Navy Sea Raider Seeadler. The inscription dated 15 November 1938 reads: "Men fight with ships/ To a digger A W Bazley/ from the Sea dev
CANBERRA, ACT. 1949.03-24. THE FIGUREHEAD ON DISPLAY AT THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL OF THE "SEEADLER," COUNT FELIX VON LUCKNER'S COMMERCE RAIDER, FORMERLY THE BRITISH CARGO SHIP "PASS OF BALMAHA."
A piece of heavy cream canvas with hand painted lettering in green paint 'HELP!! MopiHa SEPT 1917'. There is fraying around the edges and on the reverse side written in pen 'KEEP AT ALL COSTS'. Help
105 mm fired brass shell case. The base is impressed with the following markings: 'III*; crown over M; POLTE; XI 1911; MAGDEBURG; 42'. The German Raider 'Seeadler', a 1,571 ton steel-hulled commerci
Heavily painted carved wooden ship's figurehead depicting the head and bust of a woman in Scottish highland dress. The woman has long black flowing hair and wears a gold painted coronet bearing a blac
A series of letters between Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood and the New Zealand Minister for Defence, Sir James Allen. The correspondence covers topics relevant to the New Zealand war effort and a