拍品 107
107
A bronze steering yoke, inscribed S.M.S. Konisberg on the alter end, curved with pierced scroll decoration, pivoted assembly to outer ends to which are attached rope hand lanyards of cable laid ropework with Turks head and Monkey's fist applied decoration - 18in.(46cm)wide plus lanyards

细节
A bronze steering yoke, inscribed S.M.S. Konisberg on the alter end, curved with pierced scroll decoration, pivoted assembly to outer ends to which are attached rope hand lanyards of cable laid ropework with Turks head and Monkey's fist applied decoration - 18in.(46cm)wide plus lanyards

拍品专文

The Konigsberg was a light cruiser, 3,400 tons, launched at Kiel Dockyard 1905. At the out-break of the first world war she operated as a merchant raider off the East African Coast. In late 1914
she was discovered by H.M.S. Chatham lying in a branch of the Rufiji River. On July 6th 1915 she was bombarded and sunk by H.M.Monitors, Mersey and Severn, aided by four seaplanes as spotters