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Auction: 337 - The Numismatic Timed Auction
Lot: 227

"U.S.S. Leviathan" Collection of Vaughan Veazey Woodward, USN:
a) Leather case with dress fore & aft hat, epaulettes with commander's silver oak leaves, two dress sword belts and hangers;
b) Two photographs (reprints) of Lt. Woodward - on deck of the Leviathan" with General Pershing, along with Negatives strip;
c) 7 ½ x 8 ¼ glossy artistic rendering of the Leviathan at sea;
d) "The World's Greatest Ship - Leviathan" Volume I with dedication to Commander Woodward's son, Vaughan H. Woodward by the author Frank O. Braynard along with correspondence between the two
Also: a group of 5 postcards, ca. 1917 of the U.S.S. Leviathan, stereoscope card of the ship, Hammock/Mess Occupancy card, postcard of the ship issued by the Jewish Welfare Board, and "The Wonder Book of Ships" belonging to Commander Woodward's son -- "Skipper Vaugh Hobson Woodward" (in pencil on Plate listing page).
The hat (with maker's tag inside: F.J. Schmidt Co., Annapolis), pair of epaulettes and sword belts and hangers in excellent condition, the leather case with wear and lid separated, the postcards etc. Fine, the Leviathan book Very Good, the Wonder Book Good with cloth separating at spine and torn frontpage.