£1,000
A U-BOAT ALARM BELL FOR SUBMARINE U-17, PROBABLY CIRCA 1935
cast in brass with moulded rim, with black filled lettering on shoulder inscribed U/17, complete with iron clapper and refinished in gold paint -- 8½ x 8½in. (21.5 x 21.5cm.)
Built by Germaniawerft, Kiel in 1935, this submarine sank three small vessels in the early part of WW2 before becoming a training submarine. As such U-17 survived the War but was scuttled in shallow water at Wilhelmshaven on 5th May 1945 as the allies consolidated their occupation of the base.
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