WWII submarine fleet officer's club plaque (3/4)
A wall plaque and a pair of waterline submarine models
after 1945
a wall plaque in the form of a shield, with a mahogany backboard, steel face and bronze submarin half model, inscribed: Avengers in Silent Service/ U.S. Submarine Fleet; along with a pair of chrome plated bronze, fleet submarines, identified as: U.S.S. Gurnard - S.S. 254 - Perth Australia 1944 and U.S.S. Boarfish - S.S. 327 - To Mother & Dad - Love Louie. Each well detailed and mounted on mahogany base.
9-1/2 in. (24.1 cm.) length of submarines. (3)
Sold for US$ 525 inc. premium

Footnotes

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

    Provenance:
    The War Museum

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