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a well-detailed and presented scalestatic display model of the german naval submarine U.47
The conning tower with periscope and stand, whip-aerial, DF loop, guard rails and ladders, the main deck of etched and polished brass with deck rails, jump wires, hatches, for and aft main armament, anchors, fore and aft planes, the turn shafts with three-bladed propellors and other details, finished in grey and polished bright-work, the conning tower decorated with skull and cross-bones, mounted on two turned brass columns - display base and glazed cover
19cm. x 91.5cm.
The conning tower with periscope and stand, whip-aerial, DF loop, guard rails and ladders, the main deck of etched and polished brass with deck rails, jump wires, hatches, for and aft main armament, anchors, fore and aft planes, the turn shafts with three-bladed propellors and other details, finished in grey and polished bright-work, the conning tower decorated with skull and cross-bones, mounted on two turned brass columns - display base and glazed cover
19cm. x 91.5cm.