Original British WWII Brass Model of Submarine HMS Thunderbolt - December 1940 Sea Patrol Japanese Awards Medals Badges Insignia After SBI training class

After SBI training class

and covered with black lacquered shark skin

There was an enormous storm immediately following the battle and many of the captured "prize vessels" sank

to dislodge the Germans from their artillery positions in the Northern Apennines on the border between Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna regions

totally inert and makes a wonderful display item

Original British WWII Brass Model of Submarine HMS Thunderbolt - December 1940 Sea Patrol Japanese Awards Medals Badges Insignia After SBI training classOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Measuring 11" in length mounted on a wood plinth 12" in length, this is solid brass and shows the Submarine as sailing on the surface. There is a copper plaque inlaid into the wood stating : CONGRATULATIONS H. M. S. THUNDERBOLT ON YOUR PATROL IN THE BAY OF BISCAY 15TH DEC. 1940 In December 1940 Great Britain stood alone against the NSDAPs. Research tells us that H. M. S. THUNDERBOLT joined the 3rd Submarine Flotillain