A Fascinating Salvaged Shipwreck Forecastle Relic in the Form of A Ducal Crown; D-Day 1944

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A Fascinating Salvaged Shipwreck Forecastle Relic in the Form of A Ducal Crown; D-Day 1944Origin: British Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1944 Height: 5. 25 inches Diameter: 7. 5 inches From a ship sunk by enemy action off the Normandy Landing beaches, and recovered by divers in 2008, the cast iron ducal crown, with eight alternating leaves, hand painted with black highlights, with rope twist detailing set with red and blue rectangular and circular cabochons. This evocative piece of WWII maritime salvage is in as

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Marbled White

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Overall condition is sound

from drawings by the late John Flaxman

Circumference: 9 inches

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