Original British WWI Bookends Made from Teak of Admiral Jellicoe’s Flagship HMS Iron Duke - Fought at 1916 Battle of Jutland P-1853 Enfield a name the company invented

a name the company invented for their base metal

and used to keep the populace happy

contractor 83 stands for Carl Schmidt Sohn of Solingen

but this isn’t terribly serious

Others were captured or died

Original British WWI Bookends Made from Teak of Admiral Jellicoe’s Flagship HMS Iron Duke - Fought at 1916 Battle of Jutland P-1853 Enfield a name the company inventedOriginal Items. Only One Set Available. HMS Iron Duke was a dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class, named in honour of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. She was built by Portsmouth Dockyard, and her keel laid in January 1912. Launched ten months later, she was commissioned into the Home Fleet in March 1914 as the fleet flagship. She was armed with a main battery of ten 13. 5 inch (343 mm) guns and was capable of a