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Brass telescope which belonged to the donor's late husband's father, Mr James Robertson of Windhaven, Holm (formerly of Ayre of Cava, and Herston.) 'J. R.' scratched on lens shutter.
ID: 1995.009

Seal matrix in brass. Royal Arms of Germany "KAISERLICHE MARINE GERICHT" SMS Bremse. Removed from the wreck by the donors father who was a salvage worker.

ID: 1995.010
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Fossil fish. Osteolepsis Macrolepidotus - tail missing: provenance Orkney: originally donated to Shetland Museum.
ID: 1995.011
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Wash basin: washstand basin (ceramic) from SMS Brummer (from a room just forward of chain locker). Brought to the surface by [see accession register].
ID: 1995.012
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Photographs: set of 12 original photographs of the scuttling of the German Fleet publihsed as 'A Souvenir of the Sinking of the German Fleet, 21 June 1919' - folder missing.
ID: 1995.013

Cap badge of the Hudson's Bay Company; enamelled flag mounted on fold braid foliage. Originally property of James W.

ID: 1995.014.1
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Bear's tooth: Originally property of James W. Sinclair who served the company in Baffin anf Herschal Islands in the 1920s and 1930s. From a bear shot by J.W.S.
ID: 1995.014.2
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Heavy, plain glass and matching decanter, probably for water, (1995.15.2) from the St Ola 1.
ID: 1995.015.01
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Heavy, plain glass decanter, probably for water, with matching tumbler (1995.15.1) from the St Ola 1.
ID: 1995.015.02
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colour print: three masted sailing ship in a gale. Framed (not glazed) c.1970s. Painter's signature indecipherable.
ID: 1996.001.1