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261 - A PAIR OF CANDLE SCONCES FROM THE GERMAN DREADNOUGHT S.M.S. GROSSER KURFÜRST, 1913
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A PAIR OF CANDLE SCONCES FROM THE GERMAN DREADNOUGHT S.M.S. GROSSER KURFÜRST, 1913 cast in brass and spring-loaded, with brass plates to base inscribed for S.M.S. "Grosser Kurfürst" -- 7½in. (19cm.) high (2, a pair) A 'König' Class dreadnought laid down in 1911, and commissioned in July 1914. She took part in the coastal bombardment campaigns designed to antagonise the Royal Navy and was present at most of the fleet actions, including Jutland. She scuttled at Scapa Flow with the rest of the High Seas Fleet, but was raised in 1938 and sent for breaking at Rosyth, where it is presumed that this lot was preserved as a souvenir.
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