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Please note that our logo (below) only appears on the images on our website and is not on the actual art prints. When you are ready to add this item to your basket, click the button below.       Website Price: £ 50.00       Otto Peters Signature and Print Pack. PCK2850. Otto Peters Signature and Print Pack. Naval Print Pack. Items in this pack : Item #1 - Click to view individual item B123. HMS Dorsetshire (The End of the Bismarck) The heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire is brought up to sink the blazing wreck of the Bismarck with torpedoes at around 10:30 hours on the morning of May 27th 1941. The once proud German ship had been ruthlessly pounded into a twisted and burning wreck by the British battleships Rodney and King George V. HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Maori combed the area of the sinking for survivors, between them picking up a total of 110 out of an original complement of 2,300. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 12 inches x 7 inches (31cm x 18cm) Item #2 - Click to view individual item CLP0489. Clipped Signature - Otto Peters. A crewman who survived the sinking of the Bismarck, he died in 2013. Clipped signatures are usually obtained from prints or publications that have been signed in person. Often, signatures have been rescued - or clipped - from prints that have been damaged in another area. Clipped Signature. Website Price: £ 50.00   To purchase these prints individually at their normal retail price would cost £80.00 . By buying them together in this special pack, you save £30 All prices are displayed in British Pounds Sterling   Signatures on item 2 *The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare. Name Info Maschinenobergefreiter Otto Peters (deceased) *Signature Value : £45 (matted) Born 8th May 1919, Otto Peters joined the Kriegsmarine in April 1939. Posted to Bismarck, he was one of the first to join the crew at the Blohm and Voss shipyard in his hometown of Hamburg. As a leading stoker, Otto was on fire-watch when he heard over the tannoy that the Royal Navy had 'undertaken all necessary efforts to sink the Bismarck', and recalls that he knew at once their days were numbered. Otto was picked up after the sinking by the Cruiser HMS Dorsetshire, there were just 115 survivors from the crew of over 2000. Otto Peters died in December 2013.