Description
Object description
whole: the image occupies the upper three-quarters. The title and subtitle are separate and positioned along the top edge,
in black. The text is partially integrated and occupies the majority, in black. All held within a decorative black border and set against a
white background.
image: a map of the sea battle of Skagerrak [Battle of Jutland], May to June 1916. The border design incorporates a depiction of the German
Iron Cross.
text: O Seekrieg Blatt 1.
MERKBLÄTTER ZUM WELTKRIEG
Die Seeschlacht vor dem Skagerrak (31 Mai - 1 Juni 1916)
Stand am 31 Mai 1916 abends
[map has various place names]
ERLÄUTERUNG.
[an article desribing the battle follows]
ZUR SKIZZE
Der Massstab der Schlachtskizze ist des Verständnisses halber übertrieben gross gehalten
Panzerkreuzer
Gros (Linienschiffe)
Torpedobootsflotillen
2 Invicibles
Queen Elizabeth Division
Ort der Schlacht
Bearbeitet von Bodo Zimmermann, Hauptmann im Generalstab
Verlegt von Karl Siegismund, Kgl. Hof buchhändler, Berlin
Druck von H. S. Hermann, Berlin SW
[Sea war sheet 1. World war leaflets. The sea battle of the Skagerrak (31 May - 1 June 1916). Position on the evening of 31 May 1916.
Explanation. [article follows]. About the diagram. The scale of the battle diagram is shown exaggerated to aid understanding. Armoured
cruisers, Large (ships of the line), Torpedo boat flotillas, 2 Invincibles, Queen Elizabeth Division. Site of the battle. Edited by Bodo
Zimmermann, captain at the General Staff. Published by Karl Siegismund, Royal Court book dealer, Berlin. Printed by H. S. Hermann, Berlin
SW.]
Physical description
Single sheet, printed on one side only and lined on verso with a loose weave textile. Mounted on conservation grade board.
No.1 in a series of posters depicting maps of battles.
Another similar series includes battles on the Eastern Front (see PST 1410, PST 1411, PST 7637, PST 7638, PST 7639, PST 7652 and PST
7653).
Label
The Battle of Jutland [called the battle of Skagerrak by the Germans] was the largest sea battle of the First World
War, and the only time that the British and German fleets met. The British had been happy to keep the German fleet blockaded in port; the
Germans felt unable to take on the numerically superior British fleet.
The German commander, Admiral Reinhard Scheer, entered the North Sea with the entire German High Seas Fleet in May 1916, planning to pick
off small groups of British ships. Unfortunately for him, the British had cracked the German communication codes and sent the entire
British Grand Fleet from Scapa Flow to intercept him. The two sides finally clashed off the Danish coast on May 31st, but the battle
proved to be indecisive. Both sides claimed victory, but in the end Jutland favoured the British: it preserved stalemate in the North Sea
until the end of the war.
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