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Description: | inscription, engraving, In grateful appreciation.
PRESENTED TO L/S. FREDERICK M. CARROLL.
BY ALDERMAN A.A. RENNIE J.P.,
Mayor of Jarrow.
Battle of the River Plate 1939.
H.M.S. Exeter.
inscription, engraving, BRITISH MADE - CHROMIUM PLATE
inscription, embossing, TRADE - GILLETTE - MARK
MADE IN ENGLAND
inscription, incising, REAL EBONY
PURE BRISTLES
inscription, printing, black on silver, HAX
IODINE AND STYPTIC PENCIL
EDWARD HACK Ltd. 73 to 78
High Holborn, London. W.C.1
Brown leather toiletry case compising of fold out case, two shoe shine brushes, toothbrush box, two powder shakers, a shaver box and an iodine stick (still containing contents). The case has a metal clasp with a moveable button for opening and a plaque attached with details 'In grateful appreciation' and a commemoration for Frederick M. Carroll for his part in the battle of River Plate in 1939. When open it has a pouch for the mirror, two leather flaps cover the middle section where the items are kept under one horizontal strip of leather shaped around the 2 brushes, 2 tin shakers, the razor box and iodine stick. The toothbrush case has its own vertical strip of leather. The case is kept rigid with a piece of covered board 280 mm x 140 mm. It was presented to Frederick M. Campbell by the Mayor of Jarrow in 1939 to commemorate his role in the battle of the River Plate, when he was serving on HMS Exeter. This was the first major naval battle of WWII. Mr Campbell was wounded in this battle as the ship was hit three times by the German cruiser Graf Spee.
Part: case, Material: leather
Part: case, Material: metal
Part: brush, Material: wood, ebony
Part: tin, Material: metal, chromium plate
Part: tin, Material: synthetic, plastic
Part: iodine stick, Material: synthetic, plastic
Part: iodine stick, Material: glass
Part: razor box, Material: synthetic, plastic
Part: mirror, Material: metal
Part: mirror, Material: glass
Part: mirror, Material: synthetic, plastic | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.socialhistory.366266 | Go to resource |
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