Original British WWII Life Preserver Ring Purportedly from Battle of Dunkirk Trawler Fina Britannia at Port of Dunkirk Restoration Materials There is some wear through

There is some wear through and flaking on the cylinder

17" across the Trunnions

A snaphance or snaphaunce is a type of lock for firing a gun or is a gun using that mechanism

and 1-5 Cavalry and 1-12 Cavalry were airlifted to Thon An Thai Valley to the east

Original British WWII Life Preserver Ring Purportedly from Battle of Dunkirk Trawler Fina Britannia at Port of Dunkirk Restoration Materials There is some wear throughOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a French manufactured life ring constructed in manner and materials constant with the 1940s and painted orange. It is Purportedly from Trawler Fina Britannia which was home ported in Dunkirk (Dunkerque) at the time of the Battle of Dunkirk which occurred between May 26, 1940 Jun 4, 1940. The trawler was sunk in the English Channel during the evacuation. We have no provenance for this account. The ring is