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1930s German Photo Album – 41 Photos – Funeral Procession for Member of the Old Guard. Album measures approximately 9.25×6.25 inches. Album cover page is separating. The placeholders for the photos no longer secure the photos in place. The photos will be packed separately from the album. Please see photos for condition and expect defects common to items of this age. All items are 100% original and from my personal collection.

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1924 Photo Funeral Procession USS MISSISSIPPI BB-41 Turret Explosion 48 KIA 5×7. While conducting gunnery practice off San Pedro on 12 June 1924, there was an explosion in her forward superfiring Gun Turret No. The resulting fire asphyxiated 44 members of the turret crew. Upon returning to port the gunpowder that was still in Gun No. 5, the remaining gun in the turret, exploded and killed four members of the rescue team. This was, at the time, the deadliest peace-time disaster in the Navy’s history. The USS Mississippi is home to one of the most intriguing naval coincidences of all time. Built while America was a neutral party in World War I, Mississippi sailed into the atomic age and later served as a massive test platform for surface-to-air missiles. Despite her forty years of service, Mississippi was bound to tragedy, experiencing two major accidents in the same turret, in the same gun, twenty years apart. On June 12, 1924, Mississippi found herself off the coast of California conducting gun trials. The 14-inch/50 caliber gun was plagued with technical issues, a major problem considering it was the primary armament on the majority of serving U. On the eighth salvo, turret two, gun two suffered a rare flare back. The four powder bags inserted into the breech, totaling 470 pounds of explosive powder, caught fire and ignited other bags waiting to be loaded. Forty-eight sailors were killed, and only one of the sailors manning the turret survived. Nearly twenty years-and a major refit later-the USS Mississippi went to war in the Pacific. In 1943, the big battleship was off the coast of Makin Island, providing naval gunfire support to a landing force preparing to secure the island. Suddenly, in the midst of the barrage, smoke and gas erupted from the rangefinders on either side of the number two turret. Incredibly it had happened again: in their haste to lay down a rain of shells on the Japanese, the gunners of number two turret had apparently experienced yet another flare back. Debris from firing the big guns had again ignited powder bags, causing the same accident and the same damage. Forty-two sailors were killed and another sixteen wounded. The battleship’s three remaining turrets continued firing until the naval support phase of the invasion had ended.

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WWI German Army badge uniform patch tyr rune WWII Luftwaffe pilot Officer awards. Here is your chance to own an original German funeral sash for Artillery Regiment 6. Including the fringe, this piece measures just under 39 long. Used on the home front and very nice. This would be a fantastic example to display with other items of the period. I never grade my items as mint, even though may be. If for any reason you require additional photos, please do not hesitate to ask. View My Other Items For Sale. Get Supersized Images & Free Image Hosting. Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. Auctiva gets you noticed! The item “WWI German Army Heer soldier flag banner iron cross WWII US Officer funeral sash” is in sale since Thursday, December 6, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “william_kramer” and is located in Naperville, Illinois. This item can be shipped to United States.

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