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Description: | Brass plaque on a shield-shaped wooden base commemorating the battle of the River Plate. A naval crown above a scroll inscribed: ?13 DECEMBER 1939 / SOUTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON?. Below, an white ensign in coloured enamel within a lifebelt in relief flanked by anchors and laurel branches. On the lower part of the plaque is a circular scroll inscribed: ?HMS AJAX, HMS EXETER, HMS ACHILLES.? In the centre of this: ?Commemorating / DESTRUCTION / of / GRAF SPEE.?
An identical example sold by Charles Miller, 24 April 2013, lot 31.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Exeter 1929 Ajax 1934 Achilles 1932 Admiral Graf Spee 1934 | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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