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Badge: Legion of Honour, 3rd class. Awarded to Sir E Tennyson D'Eyncourt.Ten pointed, gold rimmed, white enamel badge with a gold ball on the tip of each point. Obverse: (Centered). Head of the Republic. Inscription: "REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE 1870&q

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Miniature: Legion of Honour, 3rd class. Awarded to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly. Ten pointed, gold rimmed, white enamel badge with a gold ball on the tip of each point. Obverse: (Centered). Head of the Republic. Inscription: "REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE". R
1921
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Type P.2. Liquid compass-Haynes suspension Bowl: Brass painted black. Glazed. Fill hole on side. White on inside with black lubber spike. Expansion chamber underneath. Bowl fixed to spring plate and has four stabiliser arms. Vernier on base plate. Card: N
1922-4
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Type O.2. Observer's compass-Experimental Model Bowl: Brass painted black. Glazed. Fill hole on side. White on inside with black lubber arm. Expansion chamber underneath. Bowl fixed to spring plate and has four stabilizer arms. Vernier on base plate
1923-4
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Winter trees, Greenwich. Medium includes watercolour. Apparently a study in Greenwich Park: for notes regarding the date (likely to be January 1924), see PAF1305.
probably 1924
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. Box made by ship's carpenter R. R. Grant, and presented to Dr Edward Hillis Marshall D.S.O., T.D. surgeon on 'Discovery's' 1925-27 voyage. An oblong box with a removable lid, a small location dowel on one side. The edges of lid are
1925-7
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HMS Victory. Inscribed, centre bottom, 'Victory', but not in the artist's hand.This watercolour appears to show 'Victory' either towards the completion of her restoration or, from the crowd going round her stern to entry via the g
1925 or later
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Chinese False Colours. A flag captured from a Chinese pirate steam launch by Lieutenant J.A.H. Hunter of HMS 'Nessus' during 1926 in the Canton Region. It consists of two flags on the same hoist. The smaller upper one shows the Kuomintang white
circa 1926
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. Programme. Notice 420th meeting of the 'Sette of Odd Volumes'. Lt Commander Rupert Gould to give a paper on "The mystery of Sir John Franklin" at the Royal Adelaide Gallery'. Menu.
25 Jan 1926
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Jan 1928
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Thompson Model 1928 A1. Thompson Model 1928 A1 submachine gun. It has a wooden stock and pistol grip; the rest of the weapon is steel. It can be fitted with either a 20 or 30 round box magazine or a 50 or 100 round drum magazine (both missing). Blowback
Model 1928
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Fort de France, Martinique, from the 'Suzanne'. A sketch showing the profile of the coastline of Fort de France, Martinique. Everett has captured the intensity of the sunset over the mountains in the centre of the image. He concentrates on the r
10 January 1929
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Admiralty Master Gyro Compass AP1005. Gyrocompasses were first successfully developed at the beginning of the 20th century as a solution to the problems of magnetic variation and deviation that are inherent in magnetic compasses. They use the properties o
1930s
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Deck scene on the 'Iquique'. A painting along the deck of the 'Iquique' and showing the deck-house and mast on the right. The sails frame the image, creating a complex canopy over the painting and attached by taut ropes on the left. In
1930s
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Enfield No 2 Mark I. Enfield No 2 Mark 1 revolver. Wooden grips are applied to either side of the butt. A ring is fitted to the base of the butt. The frame is solid with the barrel and made entirely of steel. Fitted with a six chamber cylinder. Double act
1930s
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Mailboat from St Kilda Island. St Kilda mailboat. A crudely made, boat-shaped block of wood with hollowed out interior, closed by a swing lid. In poker work on the lid 'St Kilda MAIL BOAT LETTERS INSIDE'. The container is attached to a float mad
pre 1930
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Mark II. Astro Compass 6A/1174. Cylindircal flanged base; three knurled levelling screws for circular plate marked 0-360 by 2 degrees; rectangular extension holding two spirit levels and marked 'True Course' with an arrow. Two trunnions and a ca
about 1930
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Terrestrial clockwork globe. Terrestrial clockwork globe. Geographical details on the sphere show California drawn as a peninsula. The Great Wall of China is depicted. In South America, there are two labels. New Guinea is still a part of the hypothetical
Gores: 1620; Watch movement: circa 1650; Globe assembled: 1930
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The 'Cutty Sark', Bow View. A large and dramatic evocation of the bow of the 'Cutty Sark', showing a carved figurehead. In this highly stylized painting the ship is shown moving through the waves at sunset. The sails of the ship loom a
1930s
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. ZBA4736 Small, silver-cased ladies wrist watch, with digital display. Swiss, imported to U.K. c1932. Narrow, nickel, high quality going barrel movement, with 17 jewels and marked on the barrel bridge: “17 JEWELS / SWISS MADE”. The movement
1931/1932
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Medal commemorating the 150th anniversary of the capitulation of York Town, 1931. Medal commemorating the 150th anniversary of the capitulation of York Town, 1931. Obverse: Heads of George Washington, hair long, in uniform, François Joseph Paul de
1931
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CF41. Prismatic binoculars with a metal body and a canvas strap. Knobs on each side allow internal yellow filters to be rotated into the eyepieces. The government broad arrow mark appears near each objective lens while the maker's name is inscribed o
about 1935
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Seascape near Gibraltar, from the 'Ravenspoint'. A preliminary sketch of a seascape from the 'Ravenspoint', looking towards an empty horizon. The artist has created washes of colour to represent the sea and the movement of the waves be
January 1935
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. Londen dockers case hook. Curved steel 'S' hook with horizontal wooden handle.
c1936
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Aiguillette: Royal Naval uniform. An aiguillette that was worn by Royal Naval officers. It consists of a long strand of gilt thread that is weaved into various patterns along its length. One end of the auguilette has a shoulder strap with the royal cypher
Pre 1936
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Athlone Castle (1937); Passenger vessel; Liner. Scale: 1:768. Waterline model of the passenger liner 'Athlone Castle' (1937) set in the plaster sea. A remarkable piece of miniature modelmaking by Charles Hampshire. One needs to view it with the
probably 1937
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Badge: Order of the Bath, 3rd class (military). Awarded to Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Tovey in 1937. Neck badge: Gold rimmed, white enamel, eight pointed cross with a gold ball on each point, in the angle between each arm of the cross a gold lion. Three
1937
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Badge: Order of the British Empire, 3rd class (military). Neck badge. Silver gilt cross patonce the arms enamelled blue grey on reverse. In the centre within a circle enamelled red the motto "FOR GOD AND THE EMPIRE" gilt conjoined busts of King
after 1937
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In the cabin of Lieutenant D.W. Waters on board the aircraft carrier Eagle (1918).. Inside the cabin of Lieutenant D. W. Waters on board the aircraft carrier Eagle (1918), probably in Chinese Waters, looking towards the foot of the bed against the ship�
1937-1938
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Lieutenant D.W. Waters' cabin on board the aircraft carrier Eagle (1918). Inside the cabin of Lieutenant D. W. Waters on board the aircraft carrier Eagle (1918), probably in Chinese Waters, looking towards the head end of the bed against the ship
1937-1938
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20 place name cards of oriental landscapes. A collection of twenty place name cards painted with oriental landscapes. The vast majority of the images on the cards are duplicates of 6 of the 20 cards. Two of the cards were reportedly taken from Pangbourne
1938-9
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A Jetty at Greenwich. A rare image of Greenwich Wharves in the 1930s. It looks westwards from the east side of the Greenwich Peninsula towards the old gas works now the site of the Dome. It is eerily devoid of figures and nature, both highly atmospheric a
probably 1938
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Menu cards. Ten menu cards, all of which are painted with an oriental landscape at the top. Three cards have a hand written menu.
1938-9
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The officers and men of 824 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm in a formal group in front of one of their Fairey Swordfish I torpedo bomber reconnaissance biplane aircraft on Seletar airfield, Singapor. The officers and men of 824 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm in a formal
January to September 1938
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The officers and men of 824 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm in a formal group in front of one of their Fairey Swordfish I torpedo bomber reconnaissance biplane aircraft on Seletar airfield, Singapore.. The officers and men of 824 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm in a form
January to September 1938
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Two place name cards. Two place name cards from Pangbourne Nautical College painted with oriental landscapes. Written at the bottom of one of the cards is the name 'ADMIRAL COLVILLE'. The other card has 'MISS MAUSELL' written at the bo
1938-9
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. Telescope eyepiece cap made from white metal. The top of the cap has concentric circle detail and a sliding closure over a round hole.
about 1939
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. The authenticity of this astrolabe is under question. There can be little doubt that the poorly-engraved plate was made to replace a set of now-lost original plates, and its maker has tried unsuccessfully to imitate certain curves from a conventional pl
circa 1400; (Suspension ring and rule: 1939)
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. This achromatic telescope has a tapering leather-covered barrel and silvered-brass fittings, including a single draw tube, a sliding sunshade and a pivoted eyepiece cover. The objective lens cap is missing and the leather covering is now badly damaged.
about 1939
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Iron Cross, 2nd class 1939-45. Obverse: A black cross patee edged with silver with a swastica in the centre and date "1939" at base of lower limb. Reverse: The date "1813" at base of lower limb. Silver edges. Fitted with a loop and rin
1938
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. watertight compartments, general arrangement
27 Jan 1939
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Model 82. Rifle, fully stocked to muzzle and secured by two steel bands. Sling loops are attached. It has a bolt action lock. The barrel is made of steel. The rear sight is missing and the foresight is encased within two steel wings. The calibre is 0.22in
1940-5
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Seekreiselsextant. The sextant has a casing of aluminium and artificial materials, housing optical equipment, a clockwork averaging mechanism, electrical equipment, and a rubber eyecup. The shades and various unidentified parts are missing. The instrument
circa 1943
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Stepnada. Spec 7x30 (wide angle)
1940s
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. Cuff links, one broken. The complete one with enamelled ship’s badge, a gold eagle on a blue background. ‘HMS REPULSE’ on ribbon below. This badge was worn unofficially before being granted sealed pattern status just before the ship s
circa 1941
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. Icelandic coins made into a brooch with a safety chain. Centre coin has the reverse smoothed and engraved ‘Ada Iceland 1941’. Obverse: of coins on either side, ‘CX’ ‘ISLAND KONINGUR 1939.’ And ‘CX’ ‘
circa 1941
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. Icelandic coins made into a brooch with a safety chain. Centre coin has the reverse smoothed and engraved ‘Elsie Iceland 1941’. Obverse: of coins on either side, ‘CX’ ‘ISLAND KONINGUR 1939.’ Reverse: ‘ISLAND EYR
circa 1941
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. Lapel pin made of metal. Embossed on a circular badge is a foul anchor within a wreath and enamelled King’s crown on top. Enamelled blue ribbon below the anchor with ‘ROYAL NAVY’ on it. The pin is straight
circa 1941
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. Royal Navy tie-pin that has a foul anchor and above it is a King’s crown enamelled in red. On the blue enamelled ribbon below the anchor reads: ‘ROYAL NAVY’. The back of the pin is marked: ‘SILVER’.
circa 1940
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. Tie pin that is decorated with the ship's badge of HMS 'Repulse', which is a gold hawk on a blue background. The pin is made of metal and is enamelled.
circa 1941
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PPSH 41 Submachine Gun. PPSh41Submachine gun (Pistolet-Pulemet Shpagina). It has a half stock made of wood and a steel barrel and barrel jacket which extends beyond the muzzle to act as a muzzle brake. The trigger and trigger guard are steel. Blowback mec
1941-6
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Type K breakfast ration. Dried rations in a grey cardboard box with black lettering. On the front: 'RATION, TYPE K BREAKFAST UNIT. Packaged by THE CRACKER JACK CO, CHICAGO, ILL. Open inner bag carefully. It may be used as a water-proof container for
1941-5
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Badge: Order of the Bath, 1st class (military). Badge. Maltese cross of eight points, enamelled white, each point tipped with a small gold ball and in each angle between the arms of the cross a lion. In the centre of the cross a device consisting of a ro
1941
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Star: Order of the Bath, 1st class (military). Star. Silver with usual device for military divison of the Order. Reverse: Plain with vertical pin fastening.
1941
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Badge: Order of the British Empire, 3rd class (military). Silver gilt cross patonce, enamelled blue grey on reverse. In the centre within a circle enamelled red, with motto "FOR GOD AND THE EMPIRE" gilt conjoined busts of King George V and Queen
1941
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Star: Order of the British Empire, 3rd class (military). Star: Silver, a gilt and enamel central medallion the same as the badge.
1941
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. Liquid compass from a ship's lifeboat, card diameter 4 inches (102 mm), on a wooden stand. An inscription on a label on the stand reads: 'SS Abosso torpedoed in Atlantic. Crew and compass in ship's boat saved by HMS Magic'. SS '
about 1942
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Badge: Order of the British Empire, 4th class (military). Awarded to Constructor Capt A J Merrington CBE RCNC in 1942. A silver gilt cross patonce, surmounted by the Imperial Crown. In centre within a circle inscribed: "FOR GOD AND THE EMPIRE" a
1942
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. Inboard profile plan
6 Jan 1942
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. Upper deck plan
6 Jan 1942
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A convalescing sailor attended by two nurses, RNAH Haslar. Rosemary Rutherford (1912–72) trained at the Slade School of Art and exhibited at the New English Art Club prior to the Second World War. In 1940, aged 27, she joined the Voluntary Aid Detac
1943-4
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A doctor reading. Rosemary Rutherford (1912–72) trained at the Slade School of Art and exhibited at the New English Art Club prior to the Second World War. In 1940, aged 27, she joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment of the Red Cross. She performed a
1943-4
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A hospital ward. ,Rosemary Rutherford (1912–72) trained at the Slade School of Art and exhibited at the New English Art Club prior to the Second World War. In 1940, aged 27, she joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment of the Red Cross. She performed a
1943-4
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British and Soviet naval officers enjoying a concert aboard HMS Duke of York. British and Soviet naval officers enjoying a concert aboard HMS Duke of York (1940) while in Soviet waters, late 1943. This photograph was probably taken at Kola, following the
Late 1943
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HMS Mauritius The Engine Room. Stephen Bone (1904-58) was appointed official war artist by the War Artists Advisory Committee in 1943 after his father, Muirhead Bone, relinquished his post at the Admiralty. He was sent to sea to record war in the midst of
1944, circa
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Nursing sister. Rosemary Rutherford (1912–72) trained at the Slade School of Art and exhibited at the New English Art Club prior to the Second World War. In 1940, aged 27, she joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment of the Red Cross. She performed a va

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The Operating Theatre. Rosemary Rutherford (1912–72) trained at the Slade School of Art and exhibited at the New English Art Club prior to the Second World War. In 1940, aged 27, she joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment of the Red Cross. She perform
1943-4
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Two Officers on the Bridge. 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 painting at the
1943-45, about
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Two sailors and nurse (recto); unidentified hospital scene (verso). Rosemary Rutherford (1912–72) trained at the Slade School of Art and exhibited at the New English Art Club prior to the Second World War. In 1940, aged 27, she joined the Voluntary

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. Aft section plan
18 Jan 1944
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. hold
18 Jan 1944
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. Inboard profile plan
18 Jan 1944
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. Platform deck plan
18 Jan 1944
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. Prismatic binoculars with a magnification power of seven. The binoculars have a metal body and loops for a carrying strap (now missing). There is no central focussing as each eyepiece focusses independently. The inscription 'R.E.L. Canada 1945�
about 1945
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Liquid Boat's Compass. Compass in a wooden box.
circa 1945
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. Aft section plan
27 Jan 1945
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. Bridge deck plan
27 Jan 1945
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. Forecastle deck plan
27 Jan 1945
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. hold
27 Jan 1945
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. Inboard profile plan
27 Jan 1945
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. Lower deck plan
27 Jan 1945
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. Platform deck plan
27 Jan 1945
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. Upper deck plan
27 Jan 1945
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. Scabbard belongs to presentation sword which belonged to Admiral of the Fleet the Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope 1883-1963. There is a more detailed description of this sword contained within the "Notebook" field within the "Mail" i
1945-1946
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Badge: Order of the British Empire, 3rd class (civil). Awarded to Constructor Capt A J Merrington CBE RCNC in 1946. Neck badge. Silver gilt cross patonce the arms enamelled blue grey surmounted by the Imperial Crown. In the centre within a red enamelled
1946
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Order of the British Empire, 4th Class (military). Badge of the Order of the British Empire awarded to Dr Attracta Rewcastle (1897-1951) the first woman to be commissioned as a naval officer (acting surgeon-lieutenant RNVR). Badge: Silver gilt cross pato
1946
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Button, Royal Indian Marine uniform. One button. Rope twisted edge. On a lined background is a post-1901 crown above a fouled anchor, both are on a five pointed star which has rays coming out of it.
before 1947
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Medal commemorating the 7th centenary of the conquest of Seville and foundation of the Castilian Navy. Medal commemorating the seventh centenary of the conquest of Seville and foundation of the Castilian Navy. Obverse: King Ferdinand III, crowned, a sword
1948
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Medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Manila Bay, 1948. Medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Manila Bay, 1948. Obverse: Bust of Admiral George Dewey (1837-1917) in uniform (three-quarters left). Legend: '50TH
1948
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Medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of the destruction of the battleship Maine, 1948. Medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of the destruction of the battleship Maine, 1948. Obverse: Starboard broadside view of the battleship showing damage to the
1948
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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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. Painted and glazed full-length earthenware figure of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). He is shown in uniform, hatless with grey hair and a patch over his right eye. The figure is supported by a bollard and holds a telescope under the left arm. I
possibly 1952
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Cap badge, Cunard Line. Cap badge.
pre 1952
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Display AP68215. Display unit - radar
1952-6
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. Rum barricoe. Oak, brass bound. Six gallon.
from 1953
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Medal commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. Case for the medal commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.
1955
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Medal commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. Medal commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. Obverse: Short bust of Admiral Viscount Nelson in a pigtail and uniform (left). Legend: 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON&
1955
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