A SHIP'S BADGE AND BOOK OF STANDING ORDERS FROM THE LAKE CLASS ARMED WHALER WASTWATER FY239 (1939/1943)
cast in brass and depicting a harpooned submarine with the legend Aut Victor Aut Victus HMS Wastwater, mounted on a lozenge-shaped wooden display board for wall hanging; together with a manuscript book of standing orders commencing 1st June 1943 and proceeding through the ranks, countersigned and stamped as read by the officers, and also containing a typed sheet with instructions for disposal of 'secret matter' if captured by the enemy, bound in cloth boards with HMSO label to front inscribed Standing Orders / For Officers Only, together with a letter of provenance to Capt. John Storey (Capt. from April 1943) for both items
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Wastwater assisted with the capture of U570 in August 1941. Although the submarine had destroyed her code books and enigma machine, these had already been acquired from U501. The submarine was in such good condition that it was absorbed into the Royal Navy as HMS Graph. The distinctive ship's badge included with this lot must have been a one-off commissioned by the Captain to celebrate this brush with fame. According to the letter of provenance, this and the book were with the family of Capt. Storey until recently.

Badge: Missing one securing screw to reverse; Book: typical yellowing of pages commensurate with age, but intact and complete and in good overall condition.