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Auction archive: Lot number 59

A Rare Great War Imperial German Navy Brass ‘Plug Piece’ Money Box – Inscribed ‘Plug …

Auction 27.02.2014
27 Feb 2014
Estimate
£40 - £60
ca. US$66 - US$99
Price realised:
£30
ca. US$49
Auction archive: Lot number 59

A Rare Great War Imperial German Navy Brass ‘Plug Piece’ Money Box – Inscribed ‘Plug …

Auction 27.02.2014
27 Feb 2014
Estimate
£40 - £60
ca. US$66 - US$99
Price realised:
£30
ca. US$49
Beschreibung:

A Rare Great War Imperial German Navy Brass 'Plug Piece' Money Box - Inscribed 'Plug Piece From German Submarine UC-5, 13cm x 13cm, mounted for display on a mahogany stepped base, 18cm x 15cm Submarine UC-5 was a Type UC I minelayer or U-boat in the Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) during the Great War. She had been ordered by November 1914 and was launched on 13 June 1915, and was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 19 June 1915 as SM UC-5. She saw active service during the war under the command of Herbert Pustkuchen (June 1915 - December 1915) and Ulrich Mohrbutter (December 1915 - April 1916). UC-5 had an impressive career, with 29 ships sunk for a total of 36,288 tons on 29 patrols. On August 21, 1915 she became the first submarine minelayer to penetrate into the English Channel, laying 12 mines off Boulogne, one of which sank the steamship William Dawson the same day. UC-5 went on to lay 6 more mines off Boulogne and Folkestone on 7 September, one of which sank the cable layer Monarch UC-5 ran aground while on patrol 27 April 1916 at 51°59′N 1°38′E coordinates: 51°59′N 1°38′E and was scuttled. Her crew were captured by HMS Firedrake and the submarine was displayed at Temple Pier on the Thames river and, later, in New York for propaganda purposes.

Auction archive: Lot number 59
Auction:
Datum:
27 Feb 2014
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

A Rare Great War Imperial German Navy Brass 'Plug Piece' Money Box - Inscribed 'Plug Piece From German Submarine UC-5, 13cm x 13cm, mounted for display on a mahogany stepped base, 18cm x 15cm Submarine UC-5 was a Type UC I minelayer or U-boat in the Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) during the Great War. She had been ordered by November 1914 and was launched on 13 June 1915, and was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 19 June 1915 as SM UC-5. She saw active service during the war under the command of Herbert Pustkuchen (June 1915 - December 1915) and Ulrich Mohrbutter (December 1915 - April 1916). UC-5 had an impressive career, with 29 ships sunk for a total of 36,288 tons on 29 patrols. On August 21, 1915 she became the first submarine minelayer to penetrate into the English Channel, laying 12 mines off Boulogne, one of which sank the steamship William Dawson the same day. UC-5 went on to lay 6 more mines off Boulogne and Folkestone on 7 September, one of which sank the cable layer Monarch UC-5 ran aground while on patrol 27 April 1916 at 51°59′N 1°38′E coordinates: 51°59′N 1°38′E and was scuttled. Her crew were captured by HMS Firedrake and the submarine was displayed at Temple Pier on the Thames river and, later, in New York for propaganda purposes.

Auction archive: Lot number 59
Auction:
Datum:
27 Feb 2014
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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