£750
WW2 British 'Cockleshell Heroes' Period Commemorative Oar
An Officer's Mess Commemorative Oar relating to Operation Frankton - the 1942 Raid carried out by a small unit of Royal Marines known as the Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment (RMBPD) on German Shipping in the French Port of Bordeaux immortalised in the film 'Cockleshell Heroes'.
Measures 1.9M in length.
By repute from the Officers Mess at Eastney Barracks , Portsmouth
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