Binnacle bidders solve Enigma

MOVING just South of the Border to Jack Dudgeon (10% buyer's premium) in Berwick-Upon-Tweed, and echoes of one of the key incidents of the Second World War provided keen specialist interest at their April 19 sale.

These were two binnacle compasses from the destroyer HMS Petard. The ship attacked a U-boat in Octob…

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