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U.S. NAVY COFFEE POT USED ON BATTLESHIP USS INDIANA WW1

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U.S. NAVY COFFEE POT USED ON BATTLESHIP USS INDIANA WW1
THIS IS AN U.S. NAVY COFFEE POT USED ON BATTLESHIP USS INDIANA IN SPANISH AMERICAN WAR & WWI. IT IS 11 1/2" TALL AND COMES WITH A PHOTO OF THE POT IN SHIPS KITCHEN & A STEREO VIEWER CARD OF THE SHIP. * THE POT COMES WITH AN ORIGINAL PROVENANCE 3 1/2" X 5 3/4" PHOTO SHOWING IT IN THE SHIPS KITCHEN WITH THE OFFICER AND SAILORS WORKING AND ONE SAILOR CARVING A CARCUS OF AN ANIMAL. A SECOND PROVENANCE ITEM IS A STEREO-VIEWER CARD SHOWING THE BATTLESHIP AND DATED 1905 WITH DESCRIPTION ON REVERSE. THE COFFEE POT IS ALMOST ONE FOOT TALL, BRASS WITH VIVETED AND WELDED SEAMS, WITH TOP & SIDE HANDLE AND SPIGOT. AN OLD IDENTITY TAG IS ATTACHED. THE BOTTOM DIAMETER IS 10". IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND IS A GREAT PIECE OF HISTORY. * "THIS ITEM IS PART OF THE PERSONAL EFFECTS AND MEMENTOS OF USN LIEUT THAT SERVED IN THE NAVY FROM WWI THROUGH WWII (1909-1946). ENLISTED IN 1909 IN THE 1ST DIV ILLINOIS NAVAL RESERVE. HE WAS CALLED TO ACTIVE SERVICE IN 1917 AND ASSIGNED TO THE U.S.S. SALEM & SHORTLT, AND REASSIGNED TO THE U.S.S. INDIANA WHERE HE BECAME EXECUTIVE NAVIGATION OFFICER. DURING THE EARLY YEARS OF WWII HE COMMANDED THE ANTI-AIRCRAFT TRAINING CENTER AT GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. A PROVENANCE AND PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE WINNING BIDDER." *