FRIENDLY GESTURE.
German Raider's Nameplate
Returned.
PRESENTATION AT CALCUTTA. (Received 1 p.m.) CALCUTTA, December 7. The Commissioner of Police of Calcutta, as a friendly gesture, presented Baron Enderndorf, commander of the German cruiser Karlsruhe, now in Calcutta, with the nameplate of the Kocnig, the German war-time raider which was sunk at Dar-es-Salaam by the cruiser Southampton. The nameplate was unscrewed and Tjrouglit to Calcutta by a petty, officer and left at police quarters. Baron Enderndorf deeply appreciated the gift.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 290, 8 December 1933, Page 7
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79FRIENDLY GESTURE. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 290, 8 December 1933, Page 7
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