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Lot 230:
Description
A mid-20th-century Silk and Paper collection of military memorabilia comprising twelve naval cap tallies, a commemorative folder, and a cloth shoulder title. The souvenir cardboard folder, dated 21 April 1966, commemorates the West German 3. Minensuchgeschwader and features a black and white photograph of a Schütze-class minesweeper, pennant number M1089. The naval cap tallies are constructed from black silk ribbon with gold wire lettering. Royal Navy examples include HMS Ark Royal, HMS Manchester, HMS Scarborough, HMS Grimsby, HMS Whitehall, HMS Rooke, and HM Submarine Alliance. Two Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve tallies for London and Portsmouth are included, alongside a West German 3. Minensuchgeschwader tally. A Soviet Navy tally for the Dzerzhinsky Higher Naval Engineering School is also present. The collection is completed by a blue and yellow embroidered Chindit shoulder title. The folder is inscribed with the characters "Zur Erinnerung an das 3. Minensuchgeschwader" and "An Bord, 21. April 1966".
Folder width: 28 cm
Tally width: 3.2 cm.
Condition report:
The cardboard folder displays significant yellowing, surface creasing, and minor tears at the edges and corners (photo 1). Pinholes are visible where tallies were previously attached (photo 1). The silk tallies exhibit expected fraying at the cut ends and some storage creasing (photos 2 and 4). The embroidered Chindit shoulder title shows minor edge wear (photo 3).
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