Porcelain vase and molten glass bottle from Hiroshima, Japan

ROYAL NAVY/MILITARIA/ICONIC EVENTS: Two astounding relics recovered near Ground Zero at Hiroshima, Japan, by Commander R W Pakeman RN OBE while serving onboard HMS Belfast at the end of WW2. The first being a glass bottle that has melted into an unrecognisable mass that shows the molten glass and bottle top in green, brown and an unidentified black substance. 6 ins. In addition the lot includes a porcelain vase that remarkably survived and it vividly shows the ferocity of the heat of the blast generated by the 15 kiloton atomic bomb Little Boy which largely destroyed Hiroshima on August 6th 1945. 5 ins. (2)

Atom Atomic Hiroshima Lump Melted Molten Procelain Relic Relics

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