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. A miniature birch broom with a silver handle, the head is made of twigs bound with silver wire. The handle is inscribed 'Presented to ADMIRAL SIR JOHN RUSHWORTH JELLICOE KCB KCVO by the inhabitants of BUTTERWORTH TRANSKEI CAPE PROVINCE as a Mark of
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H.M.S. 'Arethusa' comemoration plate. Brass plate in wooden frame from the light cruiser HMS 'Arethusa' 1913. Presented by Winston Churchill after the battle of Heligoland August 1914. 'HMS 'ARETHUSA / COME ALL YE JOLLY SAILO
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H.M.S. 'Cordella' gavel. Wooden gavel on a lanyard with a silver mount inscribed 'HMS CORDELIA'. For online access text please see the 'Notebook' field within the 'Mail' icon.
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H.M.S. 'Good Hope' door plate. Door plate from HMS 'Good Hope' 1901. Wooden, rounded at the ends with six screw holes. Scratched on the back 'XXX'II (dockyard marks). The ship was sunk at the battle of Coronel 1 November 1914
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Plain writing paper. A piece of plain writing paper, lined in red headed 'The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition'. Acquired with the effects of Dr Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), surgeon on Shackletons last two expeditions.
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Reshadieh brass plate. Brass plate with two fixing holes from the Turkish dreadnought battleship 'Reshadieh' renamed 'Erin' when purchased on the stocks by British Government in 1914
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