BTW, one of the GREAT WW II Movies..."Deat in the South Atlantic" from the book of the same name, tells the story of the British hunter group, consisting of three much smaller, and outgunned ships, HMS Exeter, Achilles, and Ajax, which cornered the Graf Spee..
LOL - I must have overlooked that number in the article. :)
They said the emblem was on the stern; wouldn't you want something like that on the bow ("leading the way for the glorious 3rd Reich (etc.etc.)") rather than on the ass-end of the ship?