A very nice example of a matched pair of
World War One
Royal Naval Trench Art
in the shape of two
candle/spill holders fashioned from shell cases
bearing the legend
HMS HIBERNIA
A King Edward VII pre-Dreadnought battleship,
HMS Hibernia was built at Devonport and entered front-line
service in 1907 as the Flagship of first the Atlantic Fleet
and then the Channel Fleet.
In 1912 , when based with the Home Fleet, she
contributed to naval aviation history when,
fitted with a temporary runway on her fore-deck,
she landed the first ever aeroplane at sea.
After the outbreak of The Great War
HMS Hibernia undertook Northern Patrols looking for vessels
from the Kaiser's Imperial German Navy until 1915,
when she was then transferred to serve in the Gallipoli Campaign.
Decommissioned in 1919 she was scrapped in 1922.
With each holder measuring approx 3.5" high,
superbly & carefully engraved
and mounted on small circular wooden bases,
these are a superb example of Great Naval Trench Art.
in an excellent, issued condition.
(B/W
Photo Courtesy of The Tomahawk Films Archive)