27th Oct, 2010 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Audacious)
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[M] AN UNOFFICIAL ROYAL NAVY SHIP'S BADGE FOR...
AN UNOFFICIAL ROYAL NAVY SHIP'S BADGE FOR H.M.S. NEPEAN (1916)
cast in brass with capital N flanked with cut-out swags surmounted with the naval crown -- 10½in. (27cm.) high; together with a boat badge from H.M.S. Vindictive of pentagonal form and impressed with ship's name to reverse -- 5½in. (14cm.) high
(2)
H.M.S. Nepean was a destroyer of 1916 sold in 1921, thus pre-dating any official badge for this ship. The name has not been used since. H.M.S. Vindictive was a cruiser/carrier built in 1918, broken up in 1946.
cast in brass with capital N flanked with cut-out swags surmounted with the naval crown -- 10½in. (27cm.) high; together with a boat badge from H.M.S. Vindictive of pentagonal form and impressed with ship's name to reverse -- 5½in. (14cm.) high
(2)
H.M.S. Nepean was a destroyer of 1916 sold in 1921, thus pre-dating any official badge for this ship. The name has not been used since. H.M.S. Vindictive was a cruiser/carrier built in 1918, broken up in 1946.
Sold for £186
Estimated at £300 - £400
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
AN UNOFFICIAL ROYAL NAVY SHIP'S BADGE FOR H.M.S. NEPEAN (1916)
cast in brass with capital N flanked with cut-out swags surmounted with the naval crown -- 10½in. (27cm.) high; together with a boat badge from H.M.S. Vindictive of pentagonal form and impressed with ship's name to reverse -- 5½in. (14cm.) high
(2)
H.M.S. Nepean was a destroyer of 1916 sold in 1921, thus pre-dating any official badge for this ship. The name has not been used since. H.M.S. Vindictive was a cruiser/carrier built in 1918, broken up in 1946.
cast in brass with capital N flanked with cut-out swags surmounted with the naval crown -- 10½in. (27cm.) high; together with a boat badge from H.M.S. Vindictive of pentagonal form and impressed with ship's name to reverse -- 5½in. (14cm.) high
(2)
H.M.S. Nepean was a destroyer of 1916 sold in 1921, thus pre-dating any official badge for this ship. The name has not been used since. H.M.S. Vindictive was a cruiser/carrier built in 1918, broken up in 1946.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Audacious), 27th Oct, 2010
