24th Nov, 2020 10:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Venerable)
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[M] A BRASS BADGE FROM H.M.S. BULLDOG, CIRCA 1930
A BRASS BADGE FROM H.M.S. BULLDOG, CIRCA 1930
heavily cast in brass and inscribed to reverse Bulldog, with three securing points -- 5½in. (14cm.) high; together with a painted alloy badge for H.M.S. Aurica -- 7¼in. (18cm.) high
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H.M.S. Bulldog was most famously associated with the capture of a complete Enigma machine and codebooks from the German submarine U-110 in 1941; the sinking of another submarine in 1944 and the liberation of the Channel Islands in 1945. She was broken up in 1946.
Sold for £744
Estimated at £200 - £300
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A BRASS BADGE FROM H.M.S. BULLDOG, CIRCA 1930
heavily cast in brass and inscribed to reverse Bulldog, with three securing points -- 5½in. (14cm.) high; together with a painted alloy badge for H.M.S. Aurica -- 7¼in. (18cm.) high
(2)
H.M.S. Bulldog was most famously associated with the capture of a complete Enigma machine and codebooks from the German submarine U-110 in 1941; the sinking of another submarine in 1944 and the liberation of the Channel Islands in 1945. She was broken up in 1946.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Venerable), 24th Nov, 2020
Mercantile : 1-98
Naval : 101-179
Instruments : 181-295
Printed catalogues available at £20 (+P&P)
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