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LOT 2142
German WWI Kriegsmarine S.M.S. SEYDLITZ Cap
1914-1918 A.D.
9 7/8 in. (135 grams, 25 cm).
Felted naval cap with applied title 'SMS Seydlitz' to band; coquette button, including two original post cars of the ship one inscribed 'For my friend Mr De Witt Bailey and signed and dated July 1983, the other signed and dated 1983. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
FootnotesS.M.S. Seydlitz was a German battlecruiser that served in the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) during World War I. She participated in major naval engagements like the Battle of Dogger Bank and the Battle of Jutland, where she sustained significant damage. Ultimately, she was interned and scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919.
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