1920s Trade Card Beautiful Stern 1701 'St. George' English Warship Sailing Model

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1920s Trade Card Beautiful Stern 1701 'St. George' English Warship Sailing Model
NOTE:
THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
AND
THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY  3 1/8 '' x 2 3/8 ''  or  8.0 cm. x 6.5 cm.
ORIGINAL 1920s TRADE - ADVERTISING CARD
1701 'ST. GEORGE' ENGLISH WARSHIP SAILING MODEL
This fine model, which is in the Metro-
politan Museum, New York, is of pear-
wood, and is made to a scale of four feet
to the inch. The model is notable as
possessing practically all her rigging con-
temporary and complete. This 96-gun war-
ship carried a crew of 680 men, and appears
to have been commenced in the reign of
William ILI, and finished in that of Queen
Anne, for the -royal cyphers: of both
monarchs appear upon her decorated stern
and galleries. The ship-name  St. George
first appears in the British Navy in the r7th
century, and is associated with Blake's
victories, and in later years with the
unfortunate Admiral Byng. and with the
great names of Hood, Hutham, and Nelson..
NOTE:
THE REVERSE SIDE HAS TEXT ABOUT THE IMAGE ON THE FRONT SIDE .
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
3 1/8 '' x 2 3/8 ''  or  8.0 cm. x 6.5 cm.
NOTE:
THE IMAGES ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE CARD
TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
SEE IMAGES ABOVE WITH THE RULER AS A SCALE!
THIS CARD IS NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION - IT IS AN ORIGINAL
THERE MAY BE:
PAPER LOSS - SMUDGING - BENT and/or ROUNDED CORNERS
THIS CARD HAS RANDOM SPOTTING
SEE IMAGES ABOVE!
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