The German Navy above and below the surface. A poem on the reverse touts that although the submarine is hard to spot (and fire upon), images of surface ships, as bright as mirrors, are projected within the submarine.

Unsere Marine



Our Navy



Reverse:

Das Unterseeboot, uns'rer Feinde Schrecken,

Ist für das schärfste Rohr kaum zu entdecken,

Doch wird ihm selbst als helles Spiegelbild

In weitem Umkreis jedes Schiff enthülit.



The submarine, our enemies terror,

Is hard for the sharpest gun barrel to discover,

But it reveals each ship

As a bright mirror image of wide radius.



Ge. gesch. Nachdruck verboten



Reproduction prohibited



Postmarked November 24, 1914.

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"The German Navy above and below the surface. A poem on the reverse touts that although the submarine is hard to spot (and fire upon), images of surface ships, as bright as mirrors, are projected within the submarine."

Image Text

Unsere Marine



Our Navy



Reverse:

Das Unterseeboot, uns'rer Feinde Schrecken,

Ist für das schärfste Rohr kaum zu entdecken,

Doch wird ihm selbst als helles Spiegelbild

In weitem Umkreis jedes Schiff enthülit.



The submarine, our enemies terror,

Is hard for the sharpest gun barrel to discover,

But it reveals each ship

As a bright mirror image of wide radius.



Ge. gesch. Nachdruck verboten



Reproduction prohibited



Postmarked November 24, 1914.

Image Date

Saturday, January 30, 1915

Tags

bridge, periscope, submarine, 1915-01-30, Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, 1915, January, 1915-08-22, August, submarine periscope