Original British WWII Schermuly Pistol Rocket Apparatus Rescue Line Thrower Medals • 15+ pilot and navigator

• 15+ pilot and navigator books and instructional manuals

Definitely the best example that we have seen so far

each with Nepalese Negari script indicating various 19th century manufacture dates and were in use up until the late 1890s

We believe their origin is English and each is constructed of copper & brass with decorative embossing

Original British WWII Schermuly Pistol Rocket Apparatus Rescue Line Thrower Medals • 15+ pilot and navigatorOriginal Items: Only one set available. William Schermuly 1857 1929 was one of the fathers of modern rocketry. He had served aboard vessels at sea and knew of how many lives were lost each year due to shipwrecks. He invented several different line throwing devices, some of which were used in WWI for such things as throwing telephone lines from trench to trench while under fire. But, the British Admiralty still didnt see a need for his line throwers.