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. Beavers were the main animal traded and trapped by the Hudson’s Bay Company. Their fur was widely used in European clothing manufacture, especially hat-making. European beavers fed this market until about 1600, when over-hunting severely reduced n
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National Maritime Museum

. Booklet for the facsimile compass dial for latitude 50° North.
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National Maritime Museum

. Case for the facsimile compass dial for latitude 50° North. The case is coloured bottle-green, rectangular in shape and in the form of a book with gold-coloured 'page' edges. It is lined with white satin and black velvet.
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National Maritime Museum

. Combat trousers.
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National Maritime Museum

. Conical pendulum clock. Dial white enamel with Roman numerals for the twelve hours and Arabic numerals denoting the five minute spaces. Black steel hands. In the centre a representation of the sun with rays, and the sky in blue enamel also showing the
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National Maritime Museum

. Facsimile compass dial for latitude 50° North. Circular horizontal dial with a fake lathe-turned plastic box, with lid. It has an hour scale numbered in black paint and a shaped and engraved brass gnomon that folds flat when not in use. It is also m
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National Maritime Museum

. Imitation compass dial for latitude 50° North. Circular horizontal dial with a fake lathe-turned plastic box, with lid. It has an hour scale numbered in black paint and a shaped and engraved brass gnomon that folds flat when not in use. It is also m
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National Maritime Museum

. Imitation compass dial for latitude 50° North. Circular horizontal dial with a fake lathe-turned plastic box, with lid. It has an hour scale numbered in black paint and a shaped and engraved brass gnomon that folds flat when not in use. It is also m
1983
National Maritime Museum

. Lid for facsimile compass dial for latitude 50° North. There is a mirror inside the lid
1983
National Maritime Museum

. Plaque presented to HM the Queen by the International Maritime Organisation. Silver motifs of laurel branches surrounding crossed anchors linked by square-linked chain. Superimposed on the anchors, a silver disc with the continemts represented on it. Th
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National Maritime Museum

. Ship's decanter and stopper with a blue neck, the white body printed in colour with an oval portrait of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) after Lemuel Abbott, a white ensign and union flag behind. Around the portrait is inscribed 'ADMIRA
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National Maritime Museum

. Ship's decanter. Around the neck of the decanter, naval signal flags and the Trafalgar signal: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY'. Around the base is 'MARE MERIDIES PACIFICUM', 'OCEANUS ARCTICUS', 'OCEA
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National Maritime Museum

. Ship's stopper. There is a coloured picture of a warship under sail inscribed 'HMS VICTORY TRAFALGAR 1805' on the top of the stopper.
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National Maritime Museum

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National Maritime Museum

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National Maritime Museum

. Wine glass commemorating the J-class yacht 'Velsheda' 1933. A cut glass wine glass with a facetted stem, diamond-cut conical bowl and petal-cut foot. It is engraved with a depiction of the yacht under sail, above: 'VELSHEDA', below:
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National Maritime Museum

Chatham Dockyard Flag Loft. Navy blue polyester tie with yellow embroidered motifs of the Main Gatehouse, Chatham Dockyard - the trademark of Chatham Dockyard Flag . Loft.
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National Maritime Museum

Dr Basil Jack Greenhill (1920-2003). A wooden base with an inscribed brass plaque: 'Dr Basil Greenhill CB., CMG., FSA., FR Hist S., Director of the National Maritime Museum, 1967-83. / Bust by Cathryn McLean. Exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1983'
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National Maritime Museum

Dr Basil Jack Greenhill (1920-2003). Three-quarter-life-size head-and-torso bronze bust of Dr Basil Greenhill, facing forward, hands folded in front, wearing a roll-necked fisherman's sweater and glasses. It is signed 'McLean 1983' in fro
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National Maritime Museum

Frideborg. Scale: 1:12. Accommodation model showing the deckhouse of the 'Frideborg' (1866), a barquentine for carrying timber. Model is equipped. Plaque on model inscribed "David Wray and Philip Bab 1983."
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National Maritime Museum

Pound. Blue presentation case for the Guernsey pound coin.
1983
National Maritime Museum

Pound. Guernsey pound coin. Obverse: The Arms of Guernsey. Inscription: 'S . BALLIVIE INSVLE DEGERNERE VE.' Reverse: HMS 'Crescent' under sail. Inscription: 'ONE POUND'. Exergue: '1983.' Mounted in a clear plasti
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National Maritime Museum

Private Wilfred Alfred Bond 59236, Essex Regiment
Died 1 January 1983
Lives of the First World War

Corporal Cyril Royston Guyton Bassett VC 4/515, Divisional Signal Company
Died 9 January 1983
Lives of the First World War

Pilot Officer John Alexander . Pilot, . Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 71S, Bf109 damaged shared 15-5-41, Hurricane Mk I damaged friendly fire !! [John Flynn] 15-5-41.
Died 16 January 1983
American Air Museum

General Maurice Preston. Commanding Officer, 379th Bomb Group. First Commander of the 379th BG Silver Star w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 25 January 1983
American Air Museum

Second Lieutenant Walter Kozicki. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 361st Fighter Group. Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Villarche on 4 Jun 44 in P-51 #436498
Died 30 January 1983
American Air Museum

First Lieutenant Frank Willms. Pilot, 344th Bomb Group. Frank Willms attended Coffeyville Junior College. He enlisted in June 1942 in the Air Corps and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant at Brooks Field, Texas in October 1943. Sent overseas, he was firs
Died 4 February 1983
American Air Museum

Corporal Edgar Arthur Graveling 314631, Royal Engineers
Died 17 February 1983
Lives of the First World War

First Lieutenant Richard Kallner. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF.
Died 21 February 1983
American Air Museum

Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Henry Woods. Tail Gunner, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 21 February 1983
American Air Museum

Serjeant Frederick Luke VC 71787, Royal Field Artillery
Died 12 March 1983
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant John Morrow. Fighter Pilot, 479th Fighter Group.
Died 16 March 1983
American Air Museum

Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Thedore Ostrowski. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 17 March 1983
American Air Museum

First Lieutenant William Babcock. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 March 1983
American Air Museum

Staff Sergeant Alfred Buinicky. Ball Turret Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Alfred Buinicky was a bench worker in a machine shop in Claremont, New Hampshire when he enlisted in August 1942. Sent overseas, he was assigned as a Ball
Died 27 March 1983
American Air Museum

Colonel Budd Peaslee. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. First Commanding Officer of 384th Bomb Group and instigator of the Scouting Force concept, to enable the bomber stream to change course in good time if target area was obscured. Activated on 1st December 194
Died 3 April 1983
American Air Museum

Company Serjeant Major Thomas Henry Painting 7320, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 15 April 1983
Lives of the First World War

First Lieutenant Leland Rath. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Leland Rath was assigned to the 93rd Bomb Group. He served in Europe and North Africa and was awarded the Air Medal. He served also in Korea and was Commander of the 4th Weather Squadro
Died 19 April 1983
American Air Museum

Gunner Leonard Henry Boustred 146186, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 25 April 1983
Lives of the First World War

Captain John George Smyth VC , 15th Ludhiana Sikhs
Died 26 April 1983
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Cyril Richmond Tobitt , Royal Engineers
Died 11 June 1983
Lives of the First World War

Nursing Sister Bernice Anna Petch , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 14 June 1983
Lives of the First World War

Captain Collier Mize. Pilot, . Graduate of Allen Military Academy, Joined RAFVR, 1940, trained at Love Field, Texas. Served in England with 43 Sqn RAF and 121 Sqn RAF, transferred USAAF March 25, 1942. Served in Japan. Landing accident Bofu Air Station Ja
Died 4 July 1983
American Air Museum

Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Martin Tarlosky. Nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 6 July 1983
American Air Museum

Captain John Crawford William MacBryan , Somerset Light Infantry
Died 15 July 1983
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Fuller. Pilot, 486th Bomb Group. Assigned to ETO in 1944. Pilot of B-17 'Gemini II' PH/ DFC
Died 18 July 1983
American Air Museum

Badge of HMS Unicorn. Badge HMS Unicorn 1941. Depiction of a mythological animal (winged unicorn). Official design. Naval crown. Circular shape. Pattern approved circa 1942.
Aug 1983
National Maritime Museum

Richard Albert Butler J13688,
Died 3 August 1983
Lives of the First World War

Staff Sergeant James Bell. Military Occupation Specialty 501-Administrative and Technical Clerk, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 4 August 1983
American Air Museum

Private Robert Henry Ashley 70599/ 5820635, 1st Suffolk Regiment
Died 20 August 1983
Lives of the First World War

First Sergeant (1st Grade) Leonard Rowe. Squadron First Sergeant, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 September 1983
American Air Museum

Lance Corporal Thomas Leslie Axford VC 3399, 16th Australian Infantry Battalion
Died 11 October 1983
Lives of the First World War

Pilot Officer Robert Sweeny. Adjutant [71S] / Pilot, . Robert J V Sweeny, DFC, was a champion golfer, Adjutant of 71[Eagle] Sqn RAF, RAF Coastal command bomber pilot [where he won his DFC], and younger brother of Charles Sweeny, founder of the famous RAF
Died 21 October 1983
American Air Museum

Derwood Sawtelle. Waist Gunner, 94th Bomb Group. Before “Janey”, temperature conditions in the waist were especially bad. There were [tw?]o waist windows, and the 200 mph breeze blowing through the large waist cutouts was brutal. McAleer
Died 3 November 1983
American Air Museum

Albert John Hill F29748,
Died 11 November 1983
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Edward St John Edmonstone ,
Died 3 December 1983
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Sir John Meynell Alleyne, Bt. ,
Died 17 December 1983
Lives of the First World War

Nursing Sister Mabel Hall Reynar , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 22 December 1983
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Stephenson. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, transferred to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Retired from the USAF as a Lieutenant Colonel 1966.
Died 23 December 1983
American Air Museum

Reverend Arnold Paton Lansdown , Royal Army Chaplain's Department
Died 24 December 1983
Lives of the First World War