WWI CAP TALLY IMPERIAL GERMAN NAVY S.M.S. LORELEY

Description

Up for auction is a cap tally for the Imperial Germany Navy for the  S.M.S.  LORELEY.  The tally is30" with faded gilt wire.  The tally has an 1/8" hole approximately 6 1/2" from the right end.  She was a steam yacht built in 1885 and purchased by Germany in 1896 as a gun boat.  She was primarily berthed in Constantinople and used for diplomatic purposes.  When WWI was started, she was decommissioned and used as a tender in the Sea of Marmara until recommissioning in 1917.  She was decommissioned the following year and sold to a private Turkish citizen as a freighter.