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advertising medium: trade mark
aerospace transport: aircraft: flying boat (Curtis)
Aircraft compass
Binnacle - tank compass
Binoculars
Booklet
Box
Box for Bathythermograph Slides
Box forBathythermograph Slides
Box lid
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ceremonial artifact: flag, official
Civil ensign
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Ensign
Epaulette
Gun-sighting binoculars
Gun direction sight binocular
Gun direction sight binoculars
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Liquid compass - aircraft
Marine chronometer case key
Night binoculars
optical t&e: binoculars, galilean
optical t&e: binoculars, prismatic
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Prismatic binoculars
Radio direction finder
Ring
Scroll cord
sextant, sonar
Solar Sextant
Solar sextant for submarine periscope
Sonar Sextant
State flag
surveying & navigational t&e: binnacle
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, air
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid
Sword
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship
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Barr & Stroud Ltd
C. P. Goerz
Captain Chetwynd
Chatham Flag Loft Ltd
Edward John Dent & Co.
Electron Utilisation Ltd
H. H. Taylor
Johnson
Johnson Ltd
Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd
Lizars, J
Porter Bros and Co Ltd
Research Enterprises Limited
Ross Ltd
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Vickers-Armstrong Limited
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Alcock & Brown
Alcock, John
Brooks, Victor Edwin Abraham
H. H. Taylor
Lloyd's of London
Port of London Authority: Harbour Service
Royal Naval Division
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Epaulette
Box
Sword
Binnacle - tank compass
Liquid compass - aircraft
Marine chronometer case key
Teak box made from H.M.S. 'Iron Duke' (Box)
Type C.K.25 (Solar sextant for submarine periscope)
Blue Ensign of Lloyd's of London (Ensign)
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