A WELL PRESENTED AND DETAILED 1:220 SCALE MODEL OF SCHARNHOR...

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£2,600

A WELL PRESENTED AND DETAILED 1:220 SCALE MODEL OF SCHARNHORST [1939]

the laminated and carved 48in. hull finished in red below the waterline and dazzle above, with lined decks, painted metal fittings, main and secondary armoured as appropriate, finished with 'rust and modest signs of age' mounted on two brass columns within glazed wooden case -- 16 x 59½ x 13in. (40.5 x 151 x 33cm.)

The German battlecruiser Scharnhorst, 34,841 tons, was built at Wilhelmshaven and completed in January 1939 after numerous changes of design and equipment due to continual reappraisals of her role by the German High Command. Beginning her wartime service with the notorious sinking of the lightly-gunned auxiliary cruiser Rawalpindi on 23rd November 1939, the Norwegian campaign of 1940 culminated in her sinking the British aircraft carrier Glorious on 8th June. A three-month sortie into the Atlantic early in 1941 cost the Allies 22 ships and the next year saw her celebrated ‘Channel dash’ with her sister Gneisenau. Finally cornered off the North Cape whilst lying in wait for Arctic convoys, Scharnhorst was surprised by the battleship Duke of York and sunk after a classic action on 26th December 1943.

fine overall condition