[Washington: c.1946.] A painted metal late WWII submarine model, in grey and green, mounted on a wooden plinth with a name bar "Vice Admiral Earle W. Mills'. Length of submarine 420mm, wooden base 510 x 100mm. (20 x 4 inches.0 Together with a period framed photograph of the Vice Admiral, head and shoulders. Provenance: War Museum. Rear Admiral Earle Warren Mills was a career naval man, and from 1942 to 1946, he was deputy Chief of the Bureau of Ships, the official body created in 1940 to oversee the design and production of ships for the Navy and Army. In 1946 he was appointed Chief of the Bureau, and raised to the rank of Vice Admiral.
[Washington: c.1946.] A painted metal late WWII submarine model, in grey and green, mounted on a wooden plinth with a name bar "Vice Admiral Earle W. Mills'. Length of submarine 420mm, wooden base 510 x 100mm. (20 x 4 inches.0 Together with a period framed photograph of the Vice Admiral, head and shoulders. Provenance: War Museum. Rear Admiral Earle Warren Mills was a career naval man, and from 1942 to 1946, he was deputy Chief of the Bureau of Ships, the official body created in 1940 to oversee the design and production of ships for the Navy and Army. In 1946 he was appointed Chief of the Bureau, and raised to the rank of Vice Admiral.
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