A German Imperial Bosun's Whistle (Boatswain's Pipe)

Multi-piece construction, brass leaf (keel) illustrating a fouled anchor on its obverse, ball (buoy) with a hole on top and illustrating a crowned fouled anchor on both sides of the ball, the brass leaf supporting a copper tube (gun) with a brass mouthpiece, the tube held in place via three brass couplings soldered to the wide brass plate, one end of the leaf with a ring (shackle) attached, with a full-length navy blue braided neck cord fed through the ring, 24 mm x 124 mm x 14.5 mm, surface wear evident on the crowned fouled anchors on the ball, age discolouration present on the brass leaf and copper tube, better than very fine. (C:102)