International Submarine Collection Circa 1910–1950

Comprising a Märklin submarine finished in green, fitted with an American flag and marked on its rudder "Märklin," an early Plank submarine with simple construction that was never fitted with a mechanism, featuring two small guns, a Bing submarine finished in grey with simple screw-top hatch, a Fleischmann submarine finished in grey, gold, and black with white conn tower fitted with brass screw-cap hatch, a JEP "Nautilus" submarine marked "919" on the conn tower finished in white and grey with black accents, and a Japanese submarine finished in grey and white and fitted with hand-crank mechanism wound from the deck. All but the Plank fitted with clockwork mechanism.



 



Lengths range from 6 to 16 inches 

The Marklin Plank and Japanese submarines have only minor wear. The Bing is incomplete and shows some corrosion to the hull. The Fleischman is missing a piece of the rudder and has corrosion. The JEP's hull is repainted.
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