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<p>[QUOTE="Desertau, post: 9792926, member: 86775"]This came from my grandfather he gave this to my dad in the late 1950’s, something that he picked up that probably didn’t sell and was discarded by Butterfields auctioneers. The Submarine is Bluefish 222 a Gato class submarine, there is considerable information on Admiral Christie, Captain Porter and Bluefish 222 on various missions on the internet, a Google search led me to this book on submarine war fair in the South Pacific and a section on the Submarine taking this exact same compass describing the battle in detail with the presentation to the Admiral.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]485434[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485435[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485437[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>im not really a military collector but have kept this all these years since I’ve owned it not willing to risk a sale less than the compass stories value to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Desertau, post: 9792926, member: 86775"]This came from my grandfather he gave this to my dad in the late 1950’s, something that he picked up that probably didn’t sell and was discarded by Butterfields auctioneers. The Submarine is Bluefish 222 a Gato class submarine, there is considerable information on Admiral Christie, Captain Porter and Bluefish 222 on various missions on the internet, a Google search led me to this book on submarine war fair in the South Pacific and a section on the Submarine taking this exact same compass describing the battle in detail with the presentation to the Admiral. [ATTACH=full]485434[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485435[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485437[/ATTACH] im not really a military collector but have kept this all these years since I’ve owned it not willing to risk a sale less than the compass stories value to me.[/QUOTE]
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