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aerospace transport: aircraft: flying boat (Curtis)
aerospace transport: airship (German)
aerospace transport: zeppelin (German)
Airship pelorus
Airship pelorus - aircraft
Airship pelorus - aircraft compass
Amulet
armament t&e, ammunition: bomb, flying
armament t&e, edged weapon: arrow (8 crossed)
armament t&e, edged weapon: kukri (2 crossed)
armament t&e, edged weapon: trident
Azimuth compass
Badge
Bearing Plate
Bearing plate
Bell, alarm
Boat's Liquid Compass
Boat's liquid compass
Boat badge
Bombsight compass
Bombsight compass - aircraft compass
Box
Bracelet
building: castle
Button
Canteen token
ceremonial artifact: crown, naval
ceremonial artifact: flag, house
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: button
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: button(2)
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: button(5)
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: button(9)
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: button(47)
Coin - 2 zlote
Coin - 5 baisas
Coin - 10 cents
Coin - 20 fils
Coin - 50 centimos
Coin -50 centimos
Coin - 50 fils
Coin - 100 fils
Coin - 500 lira
Coin - dollar
Coin - five shillings
Coin - florin
Coin - half-dollar
Coin - shilling
commemorative artifact: box
commemorative artifact: goblet
Compass
Compass & Clinometer
Compass, Boat's Liquid
Compass and binnacle
Compass card
Compass dial
Compass element
container: casket
Course indicator
Course Indicator, Battenberg's
Dip Circle
Dipleidoscope
documentary artifact: badge
documentary artifact: coin, commemorative
documentary artifact: plaque
documentary artifact: token, canteen
Dry card compass
Equinoctial dial
exchange medium: coin
Fixed dial
food processing t&e: cauldron
Geomancer's compass
Geomantic compass
Goblet
Gun tompion
Gun tompion for HMS Hercules
Gyro-magnetic compass supply switch
Gyrocompass, compass and binnacle
Gyrocompass bell, alarm
Gyrocompass element
Gyrocompass Input/Output Supply
Gyrocompass supply switch
Horizontal dial
ID Bracelet
Input/Output Supply
Kindjal
Liquid compass
Liquid Compass
Liquid compass - aircraft
Liquid compass - aircraft (card)
Liquid compass - aircraft (German airship compass)
Liquid compass - submarine
Liquid compass and binnacle
Liquid compass card
Liquid compass card - aircraft
Magnet holder
Magnet holder - aircraft compass
Magnet holder - aircraft compass parts
Magnetic corrector box - aircraft compass
Marching compass
Master compass
Master compass and binnacle
Medal
Medal cast
Medal die
Membership token
Mining compass
musical t&e: bugle
musical t&e: pipes, pan
Pencil case
personal gear: stick, walking
personal symbol: coat of arms
personal symbol: coat of arms, Peruvian
personal symbol: crown
Plaque
Pocket compass
Pocket compass - army
presentation artifact: badge, presentation
Presentation badge
Prize medal
Prize medal, British: Prize Medal: School Attendance
regulative & protective t&e: key
Ship's badge
Spider card
Spider card - aircraft compass
Stand
Station Pointer
Sundial
Supply switch
surveying & navigational t&e: astrolabe
surveying & navigational t&e: backstaff
surveying & navigational t&e: bearing plate
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: card, spider(compass)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft observers: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, asiatic: compass, geomancer's
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, azimuth
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, bombsight(wimperis)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, dry(Arctic shore)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, dry card: compass, pocket
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, Geomancer's
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, gyro: element, compass(element only)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, marching
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, marching: pocket
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, boat's liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, liquid(submarine projector binnacle)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, master(Holmes)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mining
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mining(Hedley Type)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, steering: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: corrector box, magnetic(adjustable)
surveying & navigational t&e: course indicator, Battenberg's
surveying & navigational t&e: cross staff
surveying & navigational t&e: dip circle
surveying & navigational t&e: magnet holder, compass corrector
surveying & navigational t&e: pelorus, airship
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant
surveying & navigational t&e: station pointer
Sword
Tachi
Tampion
timekeeper: watch, pocket
timekeeping t&e: dial(bird gnomon)
timekeeping t&e: dial(compass)
timekeeping t&e: dial, fixed
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, universal equinoctial ring
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dipleidoscope
Token
Walking stick
War medal
Watch
Watch chain
Watch movement assembly stand
water transport: fighting vessel
water transport: sailing vessel
water transport: sailing vessel: beden
water transport: sailing vessel: dhow
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
water transport: unknown function: ship
water transport accessory: anchor (2 crossed)
water transport accessory: anchor, fouled
water transport accessory: anchor, fouled (2 crossed)
water transport accessory: badge
water transport accessory: badge, boat
water transport accessory: badge, ship's
water transport accessory: badge, ship's ?
water transport accessory: tampion
written communication t&e: case, pencil
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brass?
bronzed white metal
card?
cast iron
coating: enamel
coating: varnish ?
copper
cotton tape
electrical coils
electrical wire
electrical wiring
electric wire
enamel
EPNS
fabric
fabric cord
felt
fish-skin
gilded white metal
gilt
gilt brass
gilt copper
gilt white metal
gilt wire
glass
goat or donkey skin
ivory
ivory or bone
lacquer
lacquered ray-skin
lead
lead?
lead solder
leather
liquid
liquid in level
liquid in the levels
magnet
magnets
magnolia wood
mahogany
metal
metal-gilt
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metal: brass
metal: white metal
metal: white metal ?
mica
mica?
oak
organic: velvet
oxidised brass
paint
paper
plastic
plastic?
polished white metal
printed paper
ray-skin
shark vertebrae
silk tape
silk thread
silver
silver?
sponge
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synthetic: plastic
walnut wood
white metal
white metal (probably)
white metal- aluminium?
white metal-aluminium?
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Admiralty Compass Observatory
Air Ministry
Anonymous
Anschütz & Co
Avern, Edward
B. Muzio
B. Serrano
Bamberg, Carl
Bellagamba
Bennett, Dr. G. T.
Bliss Bros Limited
Boulton, Matthew
Buttons Limited
Captain Chetwynd
Clift, E. H.
Crowden, G. V. P.
Dahong, Jiang
Danqi, Wu
Davis & Son
Davis, Joseph
Doignon, L.
Doman, C. L.
E. S. Ritchie & Sons
Edward John Dent & Co.
Elliott Bros
Fattorini & Sons Ltd
Firmin & Sons Limited
Giampaoli, Pietro
Gieve, Matthews & Seagrove Limited
H. & F. Muller
Halliday, Thomas
Heath & Co. Ltd
Henry Hughes & Son Limited
Historic Medals
Honav UK Ltd
J. R. Gaunt & Son Limited
John E. Hand & Sons Co
Kanetoshi, Noshu
Kelvin & James White Ltd
Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd
Küchler, Conrad Heinrich
L. Doignon & Malakoff
Ludolph, W.
M. Hansen
Mayer, after M.
Monnery & Son
Moore, Frank
Mountbatten, Louis Alexander
Negretti & Zambra
Nutting
P. Vaughton & Sons
Paget, Thomas Humphrey
Parkinson, R K
Paul Schulze
Plath, C.
Preston, Grant
Robinson
Robinson, Thomas Charles
Rossi
Rossi, A. F.
Rossi, Constante
Royal Mint
Schneider, Brüder
Spink & Son Ltd
S S & S Ltd
Stephen, Sanderson
Thomason, E.
Unknown
Wang Yangxi
Waterbury Watch Company
Webb, Thomas
Weigmann, Frederick
Weilbach, Iver C, & Co
Wittnauer
Wyon, Peter
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Huizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
Italy
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Kiel
Kuwait
London
Lubeck, Germany
Mino Province, Japan
New Eltham
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Slough
Southampton
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4th voyage of the Brasil, 1990
10th instructional voyage of the Argentina, 1971
Abdication of James II, 1688
American War of Independence: Declaration of Independence, 1776
Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish Armada, 1588
Antarctic Exploration: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913
Antarctic Exploration: British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904
Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Attack on the Repulse at Scapa Flow, 1939
Bolshevik Revolution, 1917-1921
Coronation of Edward VI, 1547
Creation of the London Missionary Society, 1795
Exploration: Columbus' First Voyage, 1492-1493
Exploration: Cook's Third Voyage, 1776
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794
French Revolutionary Wars: Capture of Trinidad, 1797
Greenwich Night Pageant, 1933
International Exhibition of Navigation, 1886
King George III's visit to St.Pauls Cathedral, 1789
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Napoleonic Wars: Treaty of Paris, 1814
Olympic Games, 1936
Olympic Games, 2012
Opening of Pembroke Dock National School, 1844
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 1896-1897
Refit of the Ark Royal, 1967-1970
Russo-Japanese War: Action at Chemulpo, 1904
Second Boer War, 1889-1902
Spanish–American War: Blockade of Cuba, 1898
Unveiling of the Cenotaph, 1920
War of Jenkins' Ear: Capture of Porto Bello, 1739
World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, 1893
World War I, 1914-1918
World War I: Battle of Jutland, 1916
World War II: Sinking of the Royal Oak, 1939
Wreck of the Foudroyant, 1897
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Antrim (1903)
Aphis (1915)
Argentina fl.1971)
Argonaut (1898)
Argus (1917)
Ark Royal (1950)
Brasil (1983)
Caesar (1944)
Camperdown (1944)
Caprice (1943)
Ceylon (1942)
Cleopatra (1940)
Conti di Savoia
Cossack (1944)
Crane (1942)
Culgoa 1944 (HMAS)
Delight (1932)
Delight (1950)
Diana (1932)
Diana (1952)
Dido (1939)
Discovery (1901)
Duff fl.1796
Emden (1908)
Espana 1912 (Spanish)
Exmouth (1905)
Fearless 1963 (HMS)
Foudroyant (1798)
Fox (1855)
Fox (1967)
Glory (1943)
Great Eastern (1858)
Hercules (1910)
Kent 1926 (HMS)
Koreets fl.1904 (Russian)
London (1927)
Lysander (1943)
Magicienne (1944)
Maine fl.1899
Mariner (1944)
Mars 1794 (HMS)
Michael (1944)
Nevasa 1956 (P&O)
Newcastle 1936 (HMS)
Ocean (1898)
Pandora (1929)
Pelican 1938 (HMS)
Philoctetes 1940 (HMS)
Princess Margaret
Repulse (1916)
Resolution (purchased 1771)
Rosario fl.1909 (Argentinian)
Royal Oak (1914)
Scarborough (1955)
Sheffield (1936)
Sussex (HMS) 1913
Tamar, HMS (1945: Shore base, Hong Kong)
Terra Nova (1884)
Tiger (1945)
Trafalgar (1944)
Turpin (1944)
Tyne 1940 (HMS)
Variag (1899)
Varyag fl.1904 (Russian)
Weymouth (1910)
X6 (1943)
X7 (1942)
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Arctic Convoys
The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire
Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits
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(German Navy), Prien, Günther, Capt-Lt, fl.1939
Abercromby, Ralph
Adams, William
Argentine Navy
Asamblea de Capitanes de Yate
Avern, Edward
Beatty, David
Bellagamba
Bevan, S.
Blow, A
Boardman, Christopher Alan
Bonaparte, Napoleon
Bond, R H Aed
Brazilian Navy
British India Steam Navigation Company Limited
Brooks, Victor Edwin Abraham
Brown, W J A, Paymaster-Captfl.
Burney, Charles Dennistoun
Caesar, Julius
Carlos III
Cayzer, Irvine and Company Limited
Churchill, R
Clarkson, Thomas
Cleopatra
Collingwood, Cuthbert
Columbus, Christopher
Cook, James
Crowden, G. V. P.
Cumby, William Pryce
Davis, Joseph
Davison, Alexander
Donaldson, Leonard Andrew Boyd
Egan, Terrance
Eisenhower, President Dwight David
Ekins, Charles
Far Eastern Clearance Diving Team
Fattorini & Sons Ltd
Fawssett, A. C.
Franklin, Benjamin
Gar, A J
German Merchant Navy
Gieve, Matthews & Seagrove Limited
Gurkha Army Service Corps
Halliday, Thomas
Hayles, Edward
Historic Medals
HMS Conway
Howe, Richard
Imperial Russian Navy
J. R. Gaunt & Son Limited
Japanese Army
Japanese Army Officer
Jellicoe, John Rushworth
Juno (Roman goddess), Juno (Roman goddess)
Kamehomeha
Kanetoshi, Noshu
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald
King Alfonso XI
King Edward VI
King George III
King George VI
King James II and VII
King Philip II of Spain
King Philip IV of Spain
King William III
Lewin, Terence Thornton
Liverpool Seamen's Friend Society
London Missionary Society
M. Hansen
Maquinna
Markquick, Edward Christian
Merchant Navy
Mountbatten, Louis
Mountbatten, Louis Alexander
Murillo, Bravo
Museum of Maritime Science, Tokyo
Nelson, Horatio
New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd
Niewiarowski, Stanislaus
P. Vaughton & Sons
Paul Schulze
Pembroke Dock National School
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Peru: Navy
Pitt, William
Port Line Ltd
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Victoria
Ronalds, Mrs
Rossi
Royal Marines
Rudnev, Vfl
Schneider, Brüder
Society for Nautical Research
Spink & Son Ltd
Submarine Flotilla, 10th (WW1)
Swayne, Harold Hazelgrove
Tagg, Frederick Edward
Thomason, E.
Thurlow, Edward
Time Museum
Union-Castle Line
United States Army
Vernon, Edward
VI, Alfonso
Webb, Thomas
Wilson, Archdale
Wilson, F C
Women's Royal Naval Service
XIII, Alfonso
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Official presentation badge of HMS Crane (Presentation badge)
Official presentation badge of HMS Caesar (Presentation badge)
Badge of HMS Philoctetes (Badge)
Badge of the British India Steam Navigation Company (Badge)
Badge of the Peninsula & Oriental Steam Navigation Company (Badge)
Plaque for the Peruvian Navy (Plaque)
Official boat badge of HMS Sheffield (Boat badge)
Badge of the Peninsula & Oriental Navigation Company Ltd (Badge)
Goblet
Official presentation badge of HMS Tiger (Presentation badge)
Plaque for the Asamblea de Capitanes de Yate (Plaque)
A metal pencil case (Pencil case)
Boat badge of HMAS Culgoa (Boat badge)
Official presentation badge of HMS Lysander (Presentation badge)
Presentation badge of the Far Eastern Clearance Diving Team. (Presentation badge)
Official gun tompion of HMS Caprice (Gun tompion)
Medal commemorating the bicentenary of Captain James Cook (1728-1779) meeting Chief Maquinna, 1778-1978 (Medal)
Badge of HMS Hercules (Badge)
Liquid compass - aircraft (German airship compass)
Liquid compass card
Badge commemorating the hoisting of the flag on the Rosario gunboat (Badge)
Boat's liquid compass
Bearing plate
50 fils (Coin - 50 fils)
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