Nice Sterling Silver WWII Boatswain's Whistle with Wonderful Woven Lanyard

This is a nice circa World War II boatswain's whistle in sterling silver hanging from a wonderful woven lanyard. A boatswain (also bos'n or bosun) is the senior sailor on board a ship who oversees the deck crew and all the ship's equipment. The whistle is marked STERLING on the side.

Circa World War II.

Whistle: approximately 5-1/2" in length and 1" in height; lanyard: about 20".

Sterling silver, woven cord.

Lanyard.

STERLING.

This is from a nautical and ocean liner collection that we will be listing more of over the next few months. VCEX13 LADEX10/13 hldLOCATE11/19

8- (Very Fine-Excellent): The whistle shows only some light wear and lanyard is very clean.

As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.