I came across this complete passenger document group from a friend that runs a pawn shop. The booklet for the January 3-13, 1939 cruise is named to the passenger. It has coupons inside for shore excursions and discusses all the locations along the way.
It came with all eleven (11) small booklets that have the day's menu, activities and other items of interest about the cruise.
Neat stuff and a great read, anyone seen anything like this? I haven't before, but I don't collect documents. What do you think? Not even sure what it's worth.
I see the Sierra Cordoba survived the war only to sink immediately later. Here is information on it that I found on the Net.
An 11,500 ton liner and one of four fully-owned by KdF. Built by Vulkan of Bremen, the Sierra Cordoba was commissioned in 1924 for use by Norddeutsche Lloyd. It was chartered for use by the KdF in 1934 and was sold to the DAF in 1935 for exclusive use in KdF cruises. In 1939, the Sierra Cordoba was one of the few KdF ships (including the Wilhelm Gustloff) that sailed for Spain to transport members of the Legion Condor back home to Germany.
The Sierra Cordoba spent most of the war tied down in Kiel as a naval accommodation ship. It sustained damage from Allied bombing in 1944, but was promptly repaired.
Transferred to the British at the end of the war, she sailed to Hamburg where fire broke out on January 13, 1946 causing three deaths. In 1948, the gutted wreck sunk off the west coast of Denmark while being towed to England for scrapping.
It came with all eleven (11) small booklets that have the day's menu, activities and other items of interest about the cruise.
Neat stuff and a great read, anyone seen anything like this? I haven't before, but I don't collect documents. What do you think? Not even sure what it's worth.
I see the Sierra Cordoba survived the war only to sink immediately later. Here is information on it that I found on the Net.
An 11,500 ton liner and one of four fully-owned by KdF. Built by Vulkan of Bremen, the Sierra Cordoba was commissioned in 1924 for use by Norddeutsche Lloyd. It was chartered for use by the KdF in 1934 and was sold to the DAF in 1935 for exclusive use in KdF cruises. In 1939, the Sierra Cordoba was one of the few KdF ships (including the Wilhelm Gustloff) that sailed for Spain to transport members of the Legion Condor back home to Germany.
The Sierra Cordoba spent most of the war tied down in Kiel as a naval accommodation ship. It sustained damage from Allied bombing in 1944, but was promptly repaired.
Transferred to the British at the end of the war, she sailed to Hamburg where fire broke out on January 13, 1946 causing three deaths. In 1948, the gutted wreck sunk off the west coast of Denmark while being towed to England for scrapping.
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