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SCARCE ORIGINAL BRITISH CHRISTMAS ISLAND H-BOMB TEST FLAG

Schätzpreis
40 £ - 60 £
ca. 51 $ - 77 $
Zuschlagspreis:
n. a.
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 431

SCARCE ORIGINAL BRITISH CHRISTMAS ISLAND H-BOMB TEST FLAG

Schätzpreis
40 £ - 60 £
ca. 51 $ - 77 $
Zuschlagspreis:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

A scarce original 1950's British Army related Christmas Island ' H-Bomb Tests 1957-58 ' pendant / flag. Triangular in shape, with white text. Measures approx; 40cm long. Operation Grapple was the name of four series of British nuclear weapons tests of early atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs carried out in 1957 and 1958 at Malden Island and Kiritimati (Christmas Island) in the Pacific Ocean as part of the British hydrogen bomb programme. Nine nuclear explosions were initiated, culminating in the United Kingdom becoming the third recognised possessor of thermonuclear weapons, and the restoration of the nuclear Special Relationship with the United States with the 1958 US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 431
Auktion:
Datum:
15.11.2019
Auktionshaus:
East Bristol Auctions
Hanham Business Park 1
Memorial Road
Bristol, BS15 3JE
Großbritannien und Nordirland
info@eastbristol.co.uk
+44 (0)117 967 1000
Beschreibung:

A scarce original 1950's British Army related Christmas Island ' H-Bomb Tests 1957-58 ' pendant / flag. Triangular in shape, with white text. Measures approx; 40cm long. Operation Grapple was the name of four series of British nuclear weapons tests of early atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs carried out in 1957 and 1958 at Malden Island and Kiritimati (Christmas Island) in the Pacific Ocean as part of the British hydrogen bomb programme. Nine nuclear explosions were initiated, culminating in the United Kingdom becoming the third recognised possessor of thermonuclear weapons, and the restoration of the nuclear Special Relationship with the United States with the 1958 US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 431
Auktion:
Datum:
15.11.2019
Auktionshaus:
East Bristol Auctions
Hanham Business Park 1
Memorial Road
Bristol, BS15 3JE
Großbritannien und Nordirland
info@eastbristol.co.uk
+44 (0)117 967 1000
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