A rare and visually impressive Schermuly maritime line-throwing pistol rocket apparatus, an important piece of naval rescue equipment used aboard British ships during the inter-war period and WWII.
Original late-1930s photograph of a Deutsche Luft Hansa Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor A-0, Werk-Nr 2994, likely the aircraft later registered D-ARHW “Friesland”.