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Another Great Story,Not to pop the bubble, but it's a pretty bog-standard American 'Old' type. What is good about it is, it's "gold" so will polish up to raw brass just lovely. Blob of Peek Polish and give it a massage. No that! The razor, man! The razor! The other good thing is it does not appear to have any cracks or splits in the central part of the handle.
You've got the thicker cap, so this puts it after 1921. While the so-called Military Set had a screw in chuck in the handle and was presented as a two-piece, the Khaki Set was indeed a ball-ended three-piece like yours.
... and that's about it.
There are a million and one ways that such a razor could have ended up on a German ship, but here's a tale I was told by an older neighbour (another time, another place) who was stationed in Arctic waters beyond Norway. He said that for most of the day, they lay about sunbathing. He told me that there was a part-sunken wreck near their ship which was between them and a German ship. They'd often play cards with the Germans on this wreck between the two ships. There was an uneasy agreement between the ships that if either was ordered to engage, they'd recall their sailors in a quite obvious fashion and engage after a reasonable time thereafter.
Salvaged from a wreck at the time? Won in a game of cards? Stolen as proof of a bet sneaking aboard the enemy ship? Simply given as a gesture of naval friendship? Maybe ... simply, the German chap bought it.
i actually love stories like this.
My dad was in the RAF for 15 years then got bored in civvy street so went & joint the merchant navy,
i often heard tale after tale which intrigued me at an early age,
I remember him telling us about his colleagues getting eaten by sharks as they took down time & went for a swim.
tales you actually wouldn’t believe today.
Your 100% right about the razor it’s bog standard and as mentioned earlier posts the history of this razor can’t be proven even although i know the story is factual
therefore the razor is worthless.
Great story nonetheless & another razor saved from the scrap heap which for me makes it all worth while