Other Militaria

Sale 118    31 Jul–3 Aug 2018   Gallery Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 4938    Session 17 - (11:30am Friday 3rd August)    Other Militaria

Estimate $70
Bid at live.noble.com.au

HMS JERVIS BAY, matchbook holder in silver plate (43x62mm), marked on inside 'Made in England', a machine turned case with an area for inscribing monogram and in the centre is affixed a silver and enamel disc with a merchant navy crown in the centre and the ship's name in a blue enamel outer band, inside the hinged-lid case is an early Teal (Tasman Empire Airways Limited) matchbook for Fiji and with 6 matches still inside. Matchbook in excellent condition and holder good very fine and scarce.

HMS Jervis Bay was a British liner converted into an armed merchant cruiser during World War II. She was sunk by the German pocket battleship, Admiral Scheer, on 5 November 1940.

With research.

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