Imperial German Navy World War I Patriotic Commemorative Plate "To the Brave Landing Corps of S.M.S. Emden on S.M.S. Ayesha"

Plate depicting the schooner S.M.S. Ayesha and the portrait of Kapitänleutnant Hellmuth v. Mücke, blue-gray on white, minor firing defects in the glaze (small brown spots), verso with manufacturer's mark "Fraureuth Unterglasur", 2nd quality, otherwise undamaged, rare. Condition 2

Diameter 295 mm

With the commandeered schooner, approximately 36 survivors of the destroyed S.M.S. Emden escaped capture by the British.