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Kerborn Battery plate. Beige ceramic.
See original version (French)
4630
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Kerborn Battery plate. Beige ceramic.
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
Kerborn Battery plate. Beige ceramic. Decorated with a ship. Markings Batterie Kerbonn Kriegsweihnachten 1943. Made by HB Quimper RK. Diameter 27.3 cm. The Kerbonn battery was built in 1889. It was originally a battery for 3 x 270 mm coastal mortars, model 1889. Two years later, it was fitted with an under-rock gunpowder magazine and a concrete fire control post. The battery's mission was to combat ships that had entered Brest harbour and prevent them from anchoring. During the Second World War, the battery was used as a heavy battery by the Germans. A new battery was built between 1942 and 1944 to house 4 French 164mm guns (recovery guns) in casemates. Slight wear and patina. Very rare plate model. Condition I-. Kerborn Battery plate. Beige ceramic construction. Decoration depicting a warship. Marked Batterie Kerborn Kriegsweihnachten 1943. Manufactured by HB Quimper BK. Diameter 27.3 cm. The Kerborn Battery was built in 1889 and originally consisted of three 270 mm guns on 1889 pattern mounts. Two years later, a powder magazine and a command post were added. The battery's mission was to engage enemy vessels before they entered Brest harbour. During the Second World War it was used by the Germans as a heavy battery, and in 1942 a new battery of four captured French 164 mm guns was built in reinforced casemates between 1942 and 1944. Showing slight wear and patina. Rare pattern plate. Condition I-.
See original version (French)
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