RARE CROSS WWII US NAVY NOVELTY MK2 TORPEDO CHROME PENCIL ANTIQUE VINTAGE OLD

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RARE CROSS WWII US NAVY NOVELTY MK2 TORPEDO CHROME PENCIL ANTIQUE VINTAGE OLD :
$110.00

A.T. Cross?Novelty Figural TorpedoPencil

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Not marked which is typical of Cross\'s Novelty Pencils

Research tells me it isa Cross Product (Rhode Island)from the 1940\'s-50\'s

Beautiful Brass DualPropellers

Modelled after a MK2 Torpedo

Were possibly madeas giftsfor VIP\'s that visited submarine factories or

for serviceman at New Haven Submarine Base in Connecticut

In the book by Barbara Lambert\" Writing History: 150 Years of the A.T. Cross Company\" it represented a torpedo shaped mechanical pencils and that the same Cross during the second war, converted their operations to produce propellers for torpedoes.

Similar to the Silurificio Whitehead Di Fiume Pencil

Great Working Condition

Very Clean Pencil, no dings or dents

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Will try to answer any questions, not a collector. Love the interest in pencil it is a real beauty.

Thank you