45 items in this album on 3 pages.
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| A boatswain aboard Scharnhorst, date unknown | Scharnhorst's after gun turret and catapult |
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| Scharnhorst's rangefinder hood, mast, and flag | Hitler, Blomberg, and Raeder at Scharnhorst's launching ceremony, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 3 Oct 1936 |
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| Ceremony on Scharnhorst's afterdeck, circa early 1939 | Close-up of Gneisenau's forward 280mm gun turrets, date unknown; Scharnhorst seen in background |
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| German battleship Scharnhorst in port, circa early 1939 | German battleship Scharnhorst underway, 1939. |
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| German battleships Scharnhorst (left) and Gneisenau (right), circa 1939 | Scharnhorst at sea, circa 1939, photo 1 of 2 |
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| Scharnhorst at sea, circa 1939, photo 2 of 2 | Scharnhorst in Wilhelmshaven Harbor, circa 1939 |
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| Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in port, circa summer 1939 | Scharnhorst in port with her crew manning the rail, circa late 1939 |
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| Scharnhorst and U-47 at Kiel, Germany, 23 Oct 1939 | Captain Kurt Hoffman addressing Scharnhorst's officers, winter 1939-1940 |
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| Close-up of Scharnhorst's control tower at Kiel or Wilhelmshaven, winter 1939-1940 | Close-up of Scharnhorst's funnel, winter 1939-1940 |
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| German sailor aboard Scharnhorst, winter 1939-1940 | Scharnhorst firing her forward guns during exercises, winter 1939-1940 |
45 items in this album on 3 pages.
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