Description
This is a postcard for the S. M. S. Moltke. She was a battle cruiser, the lead ship of the Moltke Battle Cruiser Class. She was commissioned in 1911. She saw action at the Battle of Jutland (Skagerrak) and suffered light damage. She was scuttled in 1919 at Scapa Flow, along with the German Navy’s better ships. The postcard depicts her in profile, tied up to a wharf. It was not used.
