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TOY
Unique ID: SUR-858A9A
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A modern model aeroplane made from sheet copper alloy, possibly made by converting a coin. The model has both Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire characteristics. There is a deep groove on the lower side of the fuselage while on the sides are impressions, possibly of the teeth of a vice. The object may have been intended as a brooch. See also SUR-97E596.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1940
Date to: Circa AD 1945
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.79 mm
Width: 30.36 mm
Weight: 3.64 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B15-104
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Windsor and Maidenhead (Unitary Authority)
District: Windsor and Maidenhead (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: White Waltham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU8577
Four figure Latitude: 51.48557401
Four figure longitude: -0.77723412
1:25K map: SU8577
1:10K map: SU87NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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