Private picture showing the German remembrance sign concerning the infamous "Altmark" incident which took place at  the Jøssingfjord in Norway.
 
"Hier würde am 16. Februar 1940 die Altmark von britischen Seepiraten überfallen"/ 
"Here on 16 February 1940 the Altmark was set upon by British sea-pirates"
 
The Altmark incident was a naval incident during World War II between British destroyers and the German tanker "Altmark", which happened on 16–17 February 1940. It took place in what were neutral Norwegian waters. On board the Altmark were roughly 300 Allied prisoners whose ships had been sunk by the pocket battleship Graf Spee in the Southern Atlantic Ocean.
British naval forces cornered the tanker, and later the destroyer HMS Cossack boarded the Altmark near the Jøssingfjord and liberated all the prisoners. Eight German sailors were killed and ten wounded during hand-to-hand fighting, which took place during the boarding
 
size: 6 cm x 9 cm
 
condition: good