Thanks to assistance from the staff of the National Maritime Museum who found the answer in 'The Times' online I am satisfied that this bust is of Horatio Bottomley who bought the "Deutschland" for £12,000 in the Summer of 1919. Please see The Times 28 October 1921 p5 'The Bottomley Case'. This mentions Bottomley's purchase of the Deutschland which came up in a
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Thank you; also my apologies for getting your name wrong. The name on the plinth, be that of sitter or sculptor, cannot be deciphered. It may eventually be recognised but not deciphered; the letters of the surname simply are not discrete. The first letter looks like 'M' and the last letter is definitely a 'y' with a long tail with a scroll in the middle. 'Moody' w
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pheObus, you presume too much. In view of what you have done (which is not true crossposting) hadn't you better introduce the two groups. Deutschland (U155) readers will then be able to see what is in the GWF: Relics from the U-155/Deutschland? and vice-versa.
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Thank you Matthias and Hi all. This is as good as it gets. My guess is 'Keralid K Minty'. The 'r' is the old fashioned type and the 'd' ends at the top of the upstroke. Please note that the letters of the second word are indistinct because they are not discrete due to either a casting fault or subsequent metal deterioration. May I reiterate that I am more i
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Fettling and mould marks testify to its being cast. Accurate deciphering of the name has, to date, not been possible by naked eye, optical magnification by glass or field microscope, photographic magnification or image manipulation, brass-rubbing techniques or water immersion. The first name looks eastern european or even Turkish to me. Someone of the same nationality might recognize it imm
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MPC, thank you for your encouragement. Please find photos at: and The 13% size is ~11cm on my screen. YMMV. Sooner or later I shall approach the National Maritime Museum: 0208 312 6516 and the German Maritime Museum: info@dsm.museum. If you have contacts in either of these institutions or know someone who
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A photograph failed to assist the Imperial War Museum and the identity of the individual is only of secondary interest to me. Unless and until there is some solid rather than conjectural evidence that iron artefacts were produced from the Deutschland I doubt if I shall wish to proceed any further. Ashtrays still appear from time to time on eBay. When I spoke to the grandson of the owner of
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This submarine was broken up in Birkenhead in 1921. I have an 11cm high iron bust of an imposing looking gentleman in collar and tie, waistcoat and jacket. His name, on the front of the plinth, cannot be made out accurately. Embossed on the rear of the plinth is the following: MADE FROM "DEUTSCHLAND" METAL (sic). All in upper case. Is it possible that this figurine or
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