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28th German Military & Propaganda auction
Lot 697:
Tiffany & Co Sterling Silver large plaque, commemorating – Hudson-Fulton Celebration 1909 – for the Warship S.M.S. VICTORIA LOUISE – New York 1909TROPHYFORTWELVE – OARED CUTTERSROWING CONTESTFORVISITING WARSHIPSHUDSON – FULTON TER – CENTENATYCELEBRATIONNOW YORK1909WON BYS.M.S. VICTORIA LOUISESize : 34 cm x 27cmweight : 1074G !!!!Made by :Tiffany & Co Sterling Silver Makers M"The Hudson-Fulton Celebration was held from September 25 through October 2, 1909. Towns along the Hudson River celebrated the tercentenary of the discovery of the Hudson River and the centenary of the invention of the steamboat by Robert Fulton. Homes and businesses flew flags and banners commemorating the eventful week. In Newburgh, Sunday was devoted to religious services. Monday and Tuesday were devoted to family reunions and gatherings. On Wednesday, a statue of Anthony Wayne was dedicated at Washington’s Headquarters. Thursday, Firemen’s Day, was celebrated with a parade down Broadway culminating in the unveiling of a state of a volunteer fireman at Concord and Broadway. Friday was Hudson-Fulton Day with a parade of floats and replicas of Hudson’s Half Moon, Fulton’s Clermont, and the ice breaker Norwich, up and down the Hudson River. Saturday, Aquatic Day, was devoted to sailboat and yacht racing. The week’s celebration came to an end with the lighting of the Beacon Fires."SMS Victoria Louise was the lead ship of her class of protected cruisers, built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in the late 1890s. She was laid down at the AG Weser shipyard in 1895, launched in March 1897, and commissioned into the German fleet in February 1899. She was named after Princess Victoria Louise, the daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II. The ship was armed with a battery of two 21 cm guns and eight 15 cm guns and had a top speed of 19.2 knots (35.6 km/h; 22.1 mph).Victoria Louise served with the fleet for the first seven years of her career. During this time, she represented Germany during the funeral of Queen Victoria in 1901. In 1906, she was modernized and after 1908, used as a training ship for naval cadets. In 1909, she visited the United States, and at the outbreak of World War I, was mobilized into V Scouting Group. She was attacked unsuccessfully by the British submarine HMS E1 in October 1914, and at the end of the year she was withdrawn from service. She was used as a minelayer and barracks ship based in Danzig for the rest of the war. Victoria Louise was sold in 1919 and converted into a freighter the following year, though she served in this capacity until 1923, when she was broken up for scrap.All items for this auction will be shipping from Europe. Shipping cost $20 it doesn’t matter how many items you win.
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