Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin
The "Deutsches Technikmuseum" in Berlin has a collection of 5 POW
Bone Ship Models which were made around the beginning of the 19th century.
The models are impressively arranged in glass cabinets which are
embedded in stone walls (click on letters in the outline). The glass cabinet
b shows a Napoleonic Prisoner Of War Bone Automation.
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a: Brigg (british) made at the beginning of the 19th century, scale: ca. 1:?; acquired 01.01.1999
b: Napoleonic Prisoner Of War Bone Automation (i.e. working model toy made entirely out of bone) "Spinning Lady"
d: First rate Ship-of-the-Line "VICTORI", made at the beginning of the 19th century, with three gun decks, and guns on quarterdeck and forecastle; scale: ca. 1:150; acquired 01.01.1991
e: French fourth rate Ship-of-the-Line "ALEXANDRE", 1799 (model built ca. 1810), with two gun decks, 80 guns; scale: ca. 1:?; acquired 01.01.1993
f: First rate Ship-of-the-Line, made at the beginning of the 19th century, with three gun decks, and guns on quarterdeck and forecastle; scale: ca. 1:400; acquired 01.01.1991
c: First rate Ship-of-the-Line, made at the beginning of the 19th century, with three gun decks, and guns on quarterdeck and forecastle; scale: ca. 1:175; acquired 01.01.1991
