Three Japanese Imperial Navy teachers scale identification ship models of British royal navy battleships with an Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyer (2/17)
56W
A group of four rare Imperial Japanese waterline recognition ship models of Royal Navy ships and a Japanese destroyer
Japanese, before 1941
in wood, and in 1/500 scale, painted and detailed with deck turrets, bridge and deck structures, funnels, the decks finished bright, and other details. The ships include H.M.S. Malaya, H.M.S. Warspite, H.M.S. Revenge and an unidentified British destroyer.
15-1/2 in. (39.3 cm.) length of the largest. (4)
Sold for US$ 21,250 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Exhibited:
    The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, 1995-2007

    Provenance:
    The War Museum

Auction Notices

  • Please note the model of the destroyer depicts either a US Sims class or a US Mahan class destroyer.

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