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. Admiralty transmitting compass Type 4G Consists of a grey painted metal cylindrical casing 11" (27.9cm) dia. 26" (66cm) high. Two doors in base give access to fore and aft and athwartship corrector magnet racks, and a vertical tube containing
1950
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. Black felt pennant. Printed with head of Maori girl.
1950
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. Blue felt pennant. Printed with an elephant.
1950
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. Blue felt pennant. Printed with two thistles.
1950
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. Course indicator. Square perspex with rotating central disc graduated to 360 degrees. Central disc can be set against scale 20 degrees either side of North to allow for compass error and variation. Small parallel ruler attached to one side of square.
1950
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. Red felt pennant. Printed with a thistle.
1950
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. Sunshine recorder lens (seen here with bowl AST0770) On box Temperate Sunshine Sphere Met.Ref. No 192 Mo.1546/150 Focal length 2'946 Diameter 3'982 Tested by....Date 16.5.50 Ref no. D5511F Chance Brothers Limited Lighthouse Works Smethwick C.B
1950
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. Waistcoat, mess
1950
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. Wall panel from Blue Funnel passenger ship 'Patroclus' 1950. The marquetry wall panel is decorated with a clock face in the centre, veneered with seashells, star fish, seaweed and sea horses. Inscribed on a ribbon is the name 'PATROCLUS&#
1950
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. War service plaque from the British Railways ferry SS 'Amsterdam' 1950. Made of copper alloy with the enamelled house flag of British Railways at the top. It is inscribed: 'BRITISH RAILWAYS / S.S."AMSTERDAM" / IS THE THIRD SHIP
1950
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. Women's Royal Naval Service uniform skirt, 1939-1953 pattern.
1950
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Empire Windrush (1930). A port bow view of Empire Windrush (1930), a passenger/cargo ship, alongside in the Western Docks, Southampton. The starboard side quarter of the passenger liner/emigrant ship New Australia (1931) is directly astern of the Empire W
1950
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Flying Cloud. Recreation vessel, sailing dinghy, Flying 15 class. The dinghy is called 'Flying Cloud' (K.22). This early example is a wooden double skinned construction hull with a layer of calico between the planking for added strength. Rudder
1950
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Leon (1880); Cargo vessel; Brigantine. Scale: 1:96. Harold Underhill wrote extensively on sailing vessels, and he had a productive business making and selling ship plans for modelmakers. His book ‘Plank-on Frame Models’, published by Brown, So
1950
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Norah (1868); Cargo vessel; Trow. Scale: 1:16. A modern full hull exhibition model of the Severn trow ‘Norah’ (1868), fully rigged with a complete suit of sails, the whole of which is mounted on turned pillars on a wooden baseboard with a Pers
1950
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Prize medal, Stoke on Trent Association of Engineers. Awarded to Sir Harold Spencer Jones. Obverse: A representation in plan of a Supermarine Spitfire aircraft the forepart of which is superimposed on a cloud, a six pointed star each side and a laurel wre
1950
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Razor with box. A small metal box containing a razor along with spare blades. The inside of the lid is purple and the words 'VALET Auto Strop Razor Made in England'.
1950
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The Port of London Authority is a public trust for public service and provides every port facility for London's vast imperial and foreign trade. Single sheet, coloured lithograph. Scale [circa 1:15,000 (bar)]. The scale is in feet. This is an ungradu
1950
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Thermopylae (1868); Cargo vessel; Tea clipper. Scale: 1:192. A waterline model of the composite clipper ‘Thermopylae’ (1868) mounted on a scenic plaster and carved wooden base. The model is decked, fully equipped and rigged with sails set and
1950
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United Nations Service Medal for Korea 1950-53. Awarded to Commander Warren Fred Postel USN. Obverse: A world globe within a laurel wreath. Inscriptions on bar and reverse are in Korean script. Suspended from a light blue and white striped ribbon.

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Women's Royal Naval Service uniform: pattern 1953. Chief Officer's monkey jacket
1950
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0552/160179. Binoculars case
1950s
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0552/160179. Binoculars lens cover
1950s
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0552/160179. Spec 6x30 Fixed Focus
1950s
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Providence (1920); Fishing vessel; Trawler; Bawley. Scale: 1:24. A model of the trawler Providence (1920) made mostly from wood but with other materials, and painted in realistic colours. The vessel is depicted fully equipped and rigged, with the sails se
circa 1950
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. Bridge deck plan
28 Aug 1950
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