Original British WWII Life Preserver Ring Purportedly from Battle of Dunkirk Trawler Fina Britannia at Port of Dunkirk Restoration Materials Hasewinkle

Hasewinkle

and base plate

There is some wear through and flaking on the cylinder

A snaphance or snaphaunce is a type of lock for firing a gun or is a gun using that mechanism

Original British WWII Life Preserver Ring Purportedly from Battle of Dunkirk Trawler Fina Britannia at Port of Dunkirk Restoration Materials HasewinkleOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a French manufactured life ring constructed in manner and materials constant with the 1940s and painted orange. It is Purportedly from Trawler Fina Britannia which was home ported in Dunkirk (Dunkerque) at the time of the Battle of Dunkirk which occurred between May 26, 1940 Jun 4, 1940. The trawler was sunk in the English Channel during the evacuation. We have no provenance for this account. The ring is