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'Naseby', 80-86 guns. Stand for Navy Board skeleton model thought to be the Naseby (1655), an 80-86 gun ship, three-decker ship of the line. Model is decked and rigged and is plank on frame.
1943
National Maritime Museum

'R.M. Robertson'. This is one of 262 drawings and 2 paintings presented to the Museum by the artist's family in 2012, and related to John Kingsley Cook's wartime service in the merchant navy between December 1940 and August 1945. This
1943
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'Slaggy,Third Engineer'. This is one of 262 drawings and 2 paintings presented to the Museum by the artist's family in 2012, and related to John Kingsley Cook's wartime service in the merchant navy between December 1940 and August 1945
1943
National Maritime Museum

. Bearing plate part. Degraded fragments of plastic now contained in a bag.
1943
National Maritime Museum

. Binnacle with compass with cables attaching it to the resistor unit. This object has three repeaters and a second binnacle and resistor marked ACO0680.1-5. Designed for use in armoured fighting vehicles. This model was found to be unsuitable and the
1943
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. Binnacle with compass. The resistor unit is marked with ACO0680.2 and is attached to the binnacle with a loose cable.
1943
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. Bowl-Grey painted brass with opaque glass bottom. Inside of bowl painted black with black wire lubber pointer projecting from side. A grey painted knurled brass knob is mounted at centre of verge glass to turn the dumb card. Mounted in grey painted br
1943
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. Bowl-Grey painted brass with opaque glass bottom. Inside of bowl painted black with black wire lubber pointer projecting from side. A grey painted knurled brass knob is mounted at centre of verge glass to turn the dumb card. Mounted in grey painted br
1943
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. Bowl-Grey painted brass with opaque glass bottom. Inside of bowl painted black with black wire lubber pointer projecting from side. A grey painted knurled brass knob is mounted at centre of verge glass to turn the dumb card. Mounted in grey painted br
1943
National Maritime Museum

. Chief engineer's Merchant Navy monkey jacket. Doeskin material as Royal Navy pattern but jacket has Merchant Navy pattern buttons and four Merchant Navy pattern stripes of gold lace on purple cloth. Three medal ribbons : BWM, Mercantile Marine (191
1943
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. Fitted square wooden box lined with green cloth containing in the lid a Husun test certificate dated 1943.
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. hood, anti-flash
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. Jacket
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. Japanese tachi (Military fighting sword), which belonged to a Japanese Army Officer. The hilt of the tachi consists of two pieces of magnolia wood joined together longitudinally to form the grip. The wooden grip is covered with white ray-skin, and is bo
1943
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. Lieutenant's monkey jacket.
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. Lieutenant's trousers
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. Mark III * flare or signal pistol. It has a brass barrel with a flared muzzle and black grips. The calibre is 1in. Stamped on the pistol is the following: '22624 D' (which is the serial number) arrow, 'K' 'CSR SYDNEY III'
1943
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. One washer and one screw for the binnacle. Contained in a bag.
1943
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. Pedestal-Grey painted brass column, dia. 6.5" (16.5cm) with 14" dia. bowl at top to house compass repeater. Connection box with dimmer switch fitted into column (Patt. 1855). Brass detachable hood with two viewing apertures. Compass Repeater-D
1943
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. Repeater unit
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. Repeater unit
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. Repeater unit with a cable and a plug.
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. Resistor unit for the binnacle marked ACO0680.1.
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. Scabbard for Japanese tachi (Military fighting sword), which belonged to a Japanese Army Officer. The white metal scabbard has been painted with olive green paint. Running from throat to tip on the scabbard is a narrow metal band, attached to which is a
1943
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. Sextant adjusting pin
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. Sextant shaded eyepiece, green.
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. Sextant sight tube
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. Sextant telescope, inverted image, with wide objective lens (star finder)
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. The amplifier consists of a heavy back plate which allows the cable to enter the box. This back plate can be screwed to a bulkhead, it also carries the wing nut attachments that hold on the cover. The "Supply" & "Trans" on/off sw
1943
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. The octant has a polished brass strait-bar pattern frame with a black plastic handle. The white plastic micrometer drum and pressure clamp are located at the bottom of the index arm. The octant has four green shades and three green horizon shades. Index
1943
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. The sextant has a black-lacquered brass three-circle pattern frame and a black plastic handle. The plastic micrometer drum and clamp release knobs are located at the bottom of the index arm. The instrument has four green shades and three green horizon s
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. Trousers
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. Trousers of Chief Engineer of Merchant Navy. Trousers have buttoned fly.
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. Warrant Mechanician's monkey jacket.
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. Warrant Mechanician's trousers
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. Watch bell inscribed 'HMS AMETHYST 1943' (with broad arrow). No wires only solid mouldings on crown and soundbow. Solid argent with six rectangular section canons with tapering bases. Cast-in crown staple. Poor tone. Admiralty pattern 10A. Wei
1943
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. Women's Third Officer's Royal Naval Service uniform skirt, 1939 pattern.
1943
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16285. A marine chronometer numbered 16285, by Thomas Mercer. It has a two-day full-plate fusee movement with four pillars, all fixed with blued screws. The movemetn is marked with the number 16285. The fusee, with stop-work and Harrison's maintainin
1943
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A casualty is transferred ashore from HMS Duke of York (1940). A casualty being transferred to a lighter to be taken to hospital ashore from the battleship HMS Duke of York (1940). This individual in question is reputed to be a German survivor from KM Sch
1943
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Admiralty Transmitting Magnetic Compass. Bowl: Dia 6.1" (15.5 cm) Grey painted brass, filler plug at side, expansion chamber unsighted. Inside of bowl painted white with a black lubber line carried on a white painted angled bracket attached to side,
1943
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Air navigation chart V30-17 [Japan]. Edition: Correctns. 1944. Single sheet. Col. lith. Scale: 1:2 188 800. Cartographic Note: Graduated in graticules of 10 minutes. Contents Note: Symbols for airports and seaplane bases.
1943
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Big Ben the Bargee. A three-quarter-length double portrait to the right, sitting on a trunk and facing forward towards the viewer. On the right, with grey eyes and a small grey beard, Ben the bargee sits squarely in the stern of the barge, his left hand r
1943
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Bombardment of the coast near Trapani. (Updated, April 2016) 'Bombardment of the coast near Trapani' is currently used here as the title, since that is how it has previously appeared in other references, but the original named subject location w
1943
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Canadian Volunteer Service medal, 1939-1947. Awarded to Captain Edmond Oswald Ormsby RCN. Obverse: Seven marching figures of service men and women. Legend: "1939 CANADA 1945" "VOLUNTARY SERVICE VOLUNTAIRE". Reverse: Canadian coat of ar
1943
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Captain and No 1 on Bridge of the Sabre. William Dring (1904-90) earned his reputation as a fine draughtsman and portrait painter whilst studying under Henry Tonks at the Slade School of Art between 1922 and 1925. He worked as a teacher of drawing and pai
1943
National Maritime Museum

Croix de Guerre 1943. Croix de Guerre 1943 with Bronze Palm awarded to HMS ‘Tarana’ for carrying out dangerous missions off the coast of France during World War II. The trawler ‘Tarana’ was launched in 1932 and was owned by the So
1943
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Distinguished Service Cross. Distinguished Service Cross awarded to Adm-Fleet Terence Thornton Lewin (1920-1999) in 1942. The medal is in the form of a plain silver cross pattee, convexed. In the centre of the obverse is the Royal Cypher and on the revers
1943
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Fishing vessel; Dhoni; Kuda-dhoni. Base comprising of two crutches joined by a stretcher, for the full hull model of a Maldivian kuda-dhoni (kuda is a six-oared type of dhoni)
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Fishing vessel; Dhoni; Kuda-dhoni. Deckboard (aft) for the full hull model of a Maldivian kuda-dhoni (kuda is a six-oared type of dhoni)
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Fishing vessel; Dhoni; Kuda-dhoni. Mast rest? for the full hull model of a Maldivian kuda-dhoni (kuda is a six-oared type of dhoni)
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Fishing vessel; Dhoni; Kuda-dhoni. Oar (port aft) for the full hull model of a Maldivian kuda-dhoni (kuda is a six-oared type of dhoni)
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Fishing vessel; Dhoni; Kuda-dhoni. Oar (port forward) for the full hull model of a Maldivian kuda-dhoni (kuda is a six-oared type of dhoni)
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Fishing vessel; Dhoni; Kuda-dhoni. Oar (port middle) for the full hull model of a Maldivian kuda-dhoni (kuda is a six-oared type of dhoni)
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Fishing vessel; Dhoni; Kuda-dhoni. Oar (starboard aft) for the full hull model of a Maldivian kuda-dhoni (kuda is a six-oared type of dhoni)
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Fishing vessel; Dhoni; Kuda-dhoni. Oar (starboard forward) for the full hull model of a Maldivian kuda-dhoni (kuda is a six-oared type of dhoni)
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National Maritime Museum

Fishing vessel; Dhoni; Kuda-dhoni. Oar (starboard middle) for the full hull model of a Maldivian kuda-dhoni (kuda is a six-oared type of dhoni)
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Fishing vessel; Dhoni; Kuda-dhoni. Scale: About 1:12. A full hull model of a Maldivian kuda-dhoni (kuda is a six-oared type of dhoni)
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Fishing vessel; Dhoni; Kuda-dhoni. Scale: About 1:12. A full hull model of a Maldivian kuda-dhoni (kuda is a six-oared type of dhoni), made entirely in wood with organic material fittings. The model is unpainted apart from a faint blue stripe running the
1943
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Fishing vessel; Dhoni; Kuda-dhoni. Spinnaker boom for the full hull model of a Maldivian kuda-dhoni (kuda is a six-oared type of dhoni)
1943
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H.M.Submarine Tribune the Commanding Officer and his Company Drawn on board and in Fort Block House June-August 1943. Original art: drawing. Depicting the portraits and the names of the Commanding Officer and his Company of The Tribune.
1943
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HMS Pursuer - the fo'c'sle head (escort carrier). Stephen Bone was the son of the influential draughtsman and etcher Sir Muirhead Bone (1876-1953), who was an official war artist in both World Wars. Stephen Bone was appointed official war artist
1943
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HMS Roberts bombarding off Salerno. Signed by artist and dated.
1943
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Kriegsmarine binoculars. Prismatic binoculars with a leather covering. The eyepieces focus independently as there is no central focussing wheel. There are loops for a carrying strap which is now missing. The binoculars also have a leather case, which is
1943
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Lieutenant Commander C.E. Bridgman D.S.O.. William Dring (1904-90) earned his reputation as a fine draughtsman and portrait painter whilst studying under Henry Tonks at the Slade School of Art between 1922 and 1925. He worked as a teacher of drawing and p
1943
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Mark 1. Royal Air Force marching compass Mk I. This compass has a plastic case and closely follows the design of the German instrument (No. 2503) though it is larger, being 21/2” square. The lid carries a mirror and a sighting slit with a luminous l
1943
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Medal commemorating the quartercentenary of the death of Nicholas Copernicus, 1943. Medal commemorating the quartercentenary of the death of Nicholas Copernicus, 1943. Obverse: Copernicus, kneeling (full face), his right hand upraised and his left holding
1943
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Minesweeping in the Straits of Gibraltar, swinging out an Oropesa. Leslie Cole was appointed as a full-time, salaried war artist by the War Artist Advisory Committee in 1943, attached to the Ministry of Information and specialising in Malta and Royal Mari
1943
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MTB's leaving Port Augusta in the evening, August 1943. Signed by artist and dated.
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Naseby (1655); Warship; 80-86 guns. Scale: 1:48. Full hull model made in the Navy Board style, thought to be the 'Naseby' (1655), an 80-86 gun ship, three-decker ship of the line. The hull shape is typical of that of a 17th century warship with
1943
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Night Journey - naval personnel asleep in a railway compartment, 1943. This drawing is one of 14 given by the Wren Gladys E. Reed to the Museum in 1947. Little is known about this artist. She joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS) in 1943. Fr
1943
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Official boat badge of HMS Sirdar. The boat badge of HMS 'Sirdar' 1918. The official design, the pattern approved in February 1927. It depicts the Order of British Empire. The badge is a shield shape with a rope twist border representing a destr
after 1927
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On the bridge of a fleet minesweeper. Crayon drawing entitled "On the bridge of a fleet minesweeper". The drawing is signed by the artist and dated.
1943
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P.O. [Petty Officer] A.W. Armishaw, DSM and bar. William Dring (1904-90) earned his reputation as a fine draughtsman and portrait painter whilst studying under Henry Tonks at the Slade School of Art between 1922 and 1925. He worked as a teacher of drawing
1943
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Patt 1152. Box for the azimuth circle. Adhered to the inside of the lid are the instructions regarding how to use the azimuth circle.
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Patt 1152. Consists of open framework of grey painted alloy. A large prism with a V sight and filter are mounted at the fore end, adjusted by a milled knob. At the other end of frame there is a curved segment with a locking device for attaching instrument
1943
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Portrait of Commander William D. King. William Dring (1904-90) earned his reputation as a fine draughtsman and portrait painter whilst studying under Henry Tonks at the Slade School of Art between 1922 and 1925. He worked as a teacher of drawing and paint
1943
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Portrait of Surg. Lt. PRC Evans, GC [GM] RNVR. William Dring (1904-90) earned his reputation as a fine draughtsman and portrait painter whilst studying under Henry Tonks at the Slade School of Art between 1922 and 1925. He worked as a teacher of drawing a
1943
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Portrait of Warrant-Eng S. Ball, MBE, BEM, RN. William Dring (1904-90) earned his reputation as a fine draughtsman and portrait painter whilst studying under Henry Tonks at the Slade School of Art between 1922 and 1925. He worked as a teacher of drawing a
1943
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Rear-Admiral Sir Kenneth Alexander Ingleby-Mackenzie, 1892-1961. Cole was a salaried war artist and travelled as an honorary captain in the Marines. He considered his war experience the most significant of his life. This portrait was commissioned by the W
1943
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Royal Indian Naval Reserve. Commander's monkey jacket.
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Royal Indian Naval Reserve. Commander's trousers
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Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1943. Engineer Commander's working dress blouse, Royal Naval uniform, pattern 1943. It belonged to Edward Napier Green (b. 1903), Acting Temporary Commander RN. It is single breasted with three gilt RN-pattern buttons and
1943
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Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1943. Pair of blue trousers for Royal Naval 'working dress' uniform, pattern 1943, matching the working dress blouse UNI1297. Both items belonged to Edward Napier Green (b. 1903), Acting Temporary Commander RN. The t
1943
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Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1943. trousers, blue
1943
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Russian Naval uniform: pattern 1943. Pair of Rating's boots. Russian summer uniform (1943 issue) of Senior Sailor, Battle Fleet.
1943
National Maritime Museum

Russian Naval uniform: pattern 1943. Rating's boot, one of a pair. Russian summer uniform (1943 issue) of Senior Sailor, Battle Fleet.
1943
National Maritime Museum

Russian Naval uniform: pattern 1943. Rating's boot, one of a pair. Russian summer uniform (1943 issue) of Senior Sailor, Battle Fleet.
1943
National Maritime Museum

Russian Naval uniform: pattern 1943. Rating's collar. Russian summer uniform (1943 issue) of Senior Sailor, Battle Fleet.
1943
National Maritime Museum

Russian Naval uniform: pattern 1943. Rating's jumper. Russian summer uniform (1943 issue) of Senior Sailor, Battle Fleet. Navy blue flannel jumper with square collar and 'V' front. Two buttons sewn on inside 'V' front and buttonho
1943
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Russian Naval uniform: pattern 1943. Rating's trousers. Russian summer uniform (1943 issue) of Senior Sailor, Battle Fleet. Flap fronted, a pocket on either side at front, button fastened. For wear with belt.
1943
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Russian Naval uniform: pattern 1943. Rating's vest. Russian summer uniform (1943 issue) of Senior Sailor, Battle Fleet.
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Ship at sea. This is one of 262 drawings and 2 paintings presented to the Museum by the artist's family in 2012, and related to John Kingsley Cook's wartime service in the merchant navy between December 1940 and August 1945. This was drawn on th
1943
National Maritime Museum

Stand by tubes. The Control Room of HMS 'Stubborn'. William Dring (1904-90) earned his reputation as a fine draughtsman and portrait painter whilst studying under Henry Tonks at the Slade School of Art between 1922 and 1925. He worked as a teach
1943
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The great convoy to North Africa, November 1942. Oil painting
1943
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The left gun in a 15" Turret of a Monitor during a bombardment - Salerno 10 Sept 43. Signed by artist and dated.
1943
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The Royal Medal, Royal Society of London. Prize medal, Royal Society of London, awarded to Sir Harold Spencer Jones. Obverse: Head of King George VI (L). Legend: "GEORGIVS VI REX SOC:REG:LOND:PATRONVS MCMXXXVII." In fitted case of issue.Reverse:
1943
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The surrendered Italian fleet with HMS 'King George V' and 'Howe', 1943. Oil painting by Rowland John Robb Langmaid, entitled 'The surrendered Italian fleet with HMS 'King George V' and 'Howe', 1943' The p
1943
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Token commemorating the centenary of the Naval Museum Madrid, 1943. Token commemorating the centenary of the Naval Museum Madrid, 1943. Obverse: View of the Naval Museum, Madrid, ancient buildings and tower (left). Legend: '1843 . MUSEO NAVAL 1943.&
1943
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W. M. Ladbrooke, active 1939-45, Able Seaman, Merchant Navy. A half-length portrait to left in a buff parka and holding a pair of binoculars. Painted at the Merchant Navy convalescent home at Limpsfield in about 1943, the painting was received by the Muse
1943
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Women's Royal Naval Service uniform: pattern 1939. Third Officer's monkey jacket
1943
National Maritime Museum