Receiver R-1545 500 KHz UK made WWII "lifeboat" radio 1944 "See the extra pics"

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Airborne WWII lifeboat receiver 450....550 KHz.A rare piece of history.Battery  powered.The precedent owner did start to restore the front panel during summer 2018, before to move to Portugal.All panel's components are present:see the picture.3 x ARP12 tubes.Complete and electronically untouched inside.He said me to have checked this radio using 45 volt for HT and 1.5 volt for filaments and found it...working ! Thanks for watching:Letizia G.
NOTE:the receiver in the added 3 pics isn't for sale because part of my own collection.It's another version of the same RX.
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NOTE:I took over (at stratospheric price!) the entire collection of military equipments belonging to an elderly engineer (once living in the same Residence of mine) who moved to Portugal in October 2018. He purchased all his items,many times ago,declared  functioning by European collectors friends. Since I am not able to test the radios today, I am forced to declare them AS-IS. You will receive everything you see in the photos of the auction.