Graf Spee: Nazi battleship's bronze eagle saved from smelter

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1970-01-01 08:00

A plan to melt down the eagle from the Graf Spee and turn it into a statue of a dove is scrapped.

The future of a bronze eagle which once adorned the Nazi-era battleship Admiral Graf Spee remains uncertain after plans to melt it down were scrapped.

Treasure hunters raised the eagle in 2006 off the coast of Uruguay, where the Graf Spee had been scuttled in 1939 to stop it falling into enemy...