Indian Crew of the Enemy Steamer sunk by S.M.S. Mowe

Indian Crew of the Enemy Steamer sunk by S.M.S. Mowe

c. 1916
13.60x
8.50cm

World War I Indian merchant sailors on ships sunk by the German ship S.M.S. Mowe in 1915-1916. Postcards from Germany celebrated victories; note the early version of what seems to be a Pakistan flag, probably a Turkish-related icon designating the fact that most of the sailors were Muslim (the Pakistan flag was not developed until two decades later).

[Original title] Inder-Mannschafter der von S.M.S "Mowe" versenkten feindlichen Dampfer