29th Apr, 2009 12:00

Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Popham)

 
  Lot 137
 

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[M] A SAILOR'S PROFILE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE...

A SAILOR'S PROFILE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE INFAMOUS GERMAN SUBMARINE U-20
modelled in brushed aluminium and set on a carved and painted seascape with sky and cloud background within a wooden frame -- 14 x 21½in. (35.5 x 54.5cm.) (inc. Frame); together with a brass engineer's waterline model of a 'Thames' Class submarine (1931-3), mounted on an ebonised base -- 11½in. (29cm.) long. (2)
U-20 achieved notoriety in WWI for the sinking of the Cunard Line's Lusitania, the consequences of which encouraged the USA to end their "Imperial Isolation" and enter the War on the allied side.

 
A SAILOR'S PROFILE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE INFAMOUS GERMAN SUBMARINE U-20
modelled in brushed aluminium and set on a carved and painted seascape with sky and cloud background within a wooden frame -- 14 x 21½in. (35.5 x 54.5cm.) (inc. Frame); together with a brass engineer's waterline model of a 'Thames' Class submarine (1931-3), mounted on an ebonised base -- 11½in. (29cm.) long. (2)
U-20 achieved notoriety in WWI for the sinking of the Cunard Line's Lusitania, the consequences of which encouraged the USA to end their "Imperial Isolation" and enter the War on the allied side.
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