Cardboard box, to fit lower half of steel carrying case, for periscopic bubble aircraft sextant

PART OF:: Periscopic aircraft sextant: Type 1A, No. 2053, with mount; mahogany case; steel case; cardboard box upper+lower; outside box

Made:: 1950-1951 in Barkingside

maker:: Kelvin and Hughes (Aviation) Limited

Cardboard box - with attached leather straps - internally padded to fit lower half of steel carrying case, for periscopic bubble aircraft sextant, Type 1A, No. 2053, by Kelvin and Hughes (Aviation) Limited, Barkingside, Essex, England, 1950-1951

Details

Category:: Navigation

Object Number:: 1955-169/5

Materials:: cardboard, chromium plated, steel (metal), leather and polyurethane (foam)

type:: box - container

credit:: Kelvin Hughes Limited

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