Rare WW1 Perpetual Calendar made from Teak of H.M.S. VALIANT – Jutland 1916

Here on offer is a genuine piece of Teak wood from the WW1 Royal Navy Battleship H.M.S. VALIANT that has been used to make the frame for a souvenir perpetual calendar.

On the front it has a quality brass plaque pinned in place, which reads:

FROM THE TEAK OF
H.M.S. VALIANT
JUTLAND 1916

The calendar numbers, days and months are printed onto double sided thin cream coloured early plastic part sectioned discs.

You just remove and rotate the relevant disc to change the date, day and month of any year.

All the months and days are present and nearly all the numbers, just two half discs are missing for the numbers 7 & 8 and 9 & 10.

I think these can easily be made up from thin cream card if you wanted to actually use the calendar.

On the base is a very thin green felt material, to stop it scratching the top of a wooden desk.

The beautifully made piece measures 6” (15.2cm) wide, 2” (5cm) deep and 3.5” (9cm) high with the discs in place.

It weighs 150g.

Some history relating to this great ship follows:
Launched in 1914 this Queen Elizabeth class battleship was completed early in 1916, shortly before taking part in the Battle of Jutland. During the battle she fired 288 x 15" shells at the German High Seas Fleet and suffered no damage.
She underwent a major refit in 1929 – 30, which is probably when the old battle hardened teak was removed to make this barrel?
During the Second World War she was one of the ships which destroyed the French fleet at Mers-El-Kebir and saw action during the Battle of Crete.
In 1941 she was extensively damaged in Alexandria Harbour when mined by Italian 'Human Torpedoes'.
Repaired in South Africa, she went on to support the landings in Sicily and Salerno. Towards the end of the war she saw action in raids against Japanese bases in Indonesia.
She was decommissioned in July 1945 and sold for scrap in 1948.

The Calendar is in excellent condition, with no damage to the wood, just the two discs missing.

Please see my pictures for the details of the condition, which complement this description.

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