What are the white bits on it ?
What are the white bits on it ?
It's paint HM. Possibly whilst it has been hung somewhere.by HistoryMan
And the 7/10ths before that Mark.
All the best
Doug
Possibly a nineteenth century printing press counterweight? Several models had a neo-classical eagle balanced on the counter poise lever to aid the printing mechanism. Kind regards, Malcolm.
Kris (aka stuka f) is your man when it comes to printing presses, he's the Thomas Caxton of Belgium. He'll know the answer to that!
Regards, Ned.
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
An online search for 19th century architectural eagles brings up a few interesting items. Might be worth further investigation. Kind regards, Malcolm.
A phoenix perhaps Doug. see them sometimes shown with that head crest.
I like it.
Rod
I just cant see that whats depicted in this casting is meant to be an eagle, only the auction house describe it as an eagle, they would wouldn't they, they want to sell it and pocket their commission
The plumage is all wrong
Its more of a game bird to me
Cheers
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Very good point !
Ah! The "twenty past two" regiment
Smuts Bks Berlin at all?
Regards
Mark
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
I loved SmutsAh! The "twenty past two" regiment
Smuts Bks Berlin at all?
Regards
Mark
I had a great time poking around.
I started the Berlin British military historical research society. ...it gave me the opportunity to go to places no one has gone before!
Could go on for hours but it would need lots of beer.
Rod you could be right.
I'm fairly sure that a u boat crew would pick up anything to decorate the inside of a sub with as long as they thought it would bring them luck
I've done researching which sub ...if indeed any that this bird was fitted in
I came to the same blank spot with the Luftwaffe eagle I picked up that was supposed to be off a sub.
That's the problem with third hand information.
All the best
Doug
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