File:Erhard Maertens.jpg

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Description	Unique historical photograph of Erhard Maertens who was Vize-admiral of the Kriegsmarine. Maertens made a strategic mistake between 1941 and mid 1943, by underestimating British efforts to break Naval Enigma, before being fired by Donitz in mid 1944.
Author or copyright owner	Unknown
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: German identity papers Immediate source: http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/daftar-vizeadmiral-kriegsmarine.html
Date of publication	Prior to May 1945
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Erhard Maertens
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of his/her biographical article
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	No public domain images are known to exist.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Black and white image of Maertens and is already an identity image.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	Person was obscure and other colour image exist.
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 1945. User:PawełMM removed noise and improved the contrast of the image, in prior versions. Thanks User:PawełMM.
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	09:46, 9 September 2018		200 × 291 (13 KB)	Scope creep (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard

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