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 | Wren Officers Service Hat - Queens Crown, size 7.
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| Air Sea Rescue Launch Pennant - in flown condition. Features RAF Eagle with life ring and sea below, original cordage. Ex-museum display.
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| Assorted Suitcases - original labels showing vessel name Loch Gowan on a voyage to Vancouver.
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| Leather Suitcase - with original shipping labels.
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| Decorative 'Treen' Barrel - made from timbers salvaged from the wreck of HMS Warspite, built 1915, wrecked SW England 1947.
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| Universal Sun Compass - rare, dated 1940, on turned display mount. Used in WWII by Long Range Desert Group (subsequently SAS) to locate position in desert operations.
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| Carved Oak Fid - used by sailors for twisting and splicing rigging lines, 34 cm. Decorative "rope" carving to top, which was probably done by the original owner.
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| Measuring Cup - sealed & dated 1945 certified 1.5 gill. Stamped Dunnetts with ministry broad arrow. We are told that this was used for issuing Royal Navy Rum rations.
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| Kreigsmarine Cigarette Case - engraved with K.M. eagle over large "M" stamped with German silver mark 0.800 & signed Achef. 13 cm x 9 cm.
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| Presentation Plaque - metal, printed with "Greetings from U.S.F.S. Olympia" showing voyage details from Boston U.S.A. January '02 to Gravesend England September '03. 23 cm x 16 cm.
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| Royal Navy Escape Goggles - by Siebe Gorman for use with Davis Submarine Escape Apparatus. C. 1930's.
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| Book Ends - carved treen, made from timbers taken from the Battle Ship HMS Warspite wrecked in Prussia Cove, Cornwall 1947, complete with brass plaque 20 cm high. Decorative, historical and useful!
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| Salt Pot - fine quality, complete with blue glass interior and spoon, embossed with the Pacific & Orient (P&O) Line Crest. Very heavy to prevent sliding on the saloon table. 6 cm diameter.
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| P&O Line Sugar Shaker - made for Pacific & Orient by quality London makers Mappin & Webb, embossed on the base with P&O crest. Some service wear but overall good condition. Height 16 cm.
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| Fine Ship's Compass - on gimbals, in hardwood deck box, manufactured by the quality New York makers T S & J D Negus.
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| Royal Navy Telescope - used by the Officer of the Watch, single draw, by W. Ottway, London. Broad Arrow stamped, dated 1941. Very clear optics with leather lens hood.
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| Large Hardwood Fid - used by sailors to assist the twisting and splicing of rigging lines, 50 cm.
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| Seth Thomas Ship's Clock - manufactured in the USA, dating from about 1900. The 8" (20 cm) dial is not signed, but the 30 hour movement is. It features a black metal case with heavy cast brass bezel with beveled glass. Recently serviced, in good working order.
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| Smiths Astral Convoy Clock - also known as a Zig Zag clock, painted metal case, 8 day movement, WWII vintage.
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| Heavy Brass Plaque - 8" x 6" (20 cm x 15 cm), named to USS Severn and marked with the ship's number AO-61. Details various ships on a relief of the world. USS Severn was launched in 1944 and earned two battle stars from WWII.
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