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Iwo Jima Seebees. A Collection of items circa 1945 each casting 3in. x 5in. 8 image 1
Iwo Jima Seebees. A Collection of items circa 1945 each casting 3in. x 5in. 8 image 2
Lot 145

Iwo Jima Seebees. A Collection of items
Theater-made, circa 1945
each casting 3in. x 5in. 8

22 February 2013, 13:00 EST
New York

US$1,000 - US$1,500

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Iwo Jima Seebees. A Collection of items
Theater-made, circa 1945

A collection comprising a red handkerchief embroidered US Navy Seebee, and with logo, a Seebee brass buckle, a larger embroidered cushion case with the name and logo, and an aluminum hand-cast model of Iwo Jima with a Seebee figured on it; together with a group of four hand-cast aluminum models of Iwo Jima, one with a Seebee, another the flag raising, an aircraft and the terrain. each casting 3in. x 5in. (8)

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

Provenance:
The War Museum

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