VINTAGE ANTIQUE c1918 - 1919 USS ALTAIR DESTROYER TENDER BRASS WALL PLAQUE / SIGN IN EXCELLENT AS FOUND CONDITION

THIS IS A SUPER HEAVY BRASS WALL PLAQUE OF THE SHIP USS ALTAIR WHICH WAS THE LEAD SHIP OF A CLASS OF THREE DESTROYER TENDERS NAMED FOR ALTAIR THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE CONSTELLATION AQUILA. LAID DOWN 18 DEC 1918, LAUNCHED 10 MAY 1919, COMMISSIONED 6 DEC 1921, AND DECOMISSIONED 8 JULY 1946

IT WAS 423 FT 9 INCHES LONG BY 54 FT 3 INCH BEAM WITH A DRAFT OF 20 FT 7 INCHES

THE PLAQUE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH SOME MINOR FRAME ISSUES FROM AGE AS TO BE EXPECTED 

ITS MADE FROM SOLID BRASS AND IT MEASURES APPROX 13'' x 4 1/2'' UNFRAMED AND 16'' x 7 3/4'' FRAMED 

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY COLLECTABLE BRASS WALL PLAQUE THAT WILL MAKE AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION

SOLD AS IS WITH A WARRANTY IF NOT AS DESCRIBED 

IN ALL MY YEARS OF COLLECTING I HAVE NEVER COME ARCOSS ANOTHER ONE LIKE IT