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German naval and merchant marine officers on the deck of their U-Boat, possibly at the Adriatic port of Trieste. Scanned from the original German 9x12cm glass slide.
Like the other photo this isn't the port of Trieste because the mountains are too near the sea. Probably this photo is taken in Istria.
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