Watch List notes:

British Medals, George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Coronation Regatta 1937, Torbay, Devon, silver medal, by H. B. Sale, conjoined crowned busts l., INTERNATIONAL REGATTA ..., rev. HMY Britannia, in full-sail to l., BRITANNIA 1893-1936, 51mm. (BHM.4385; W&E.7805A.1), London hallmark, in red leather case of issue, by Benzie 'The Yachtsmen's Jeweller Cowes', matt surface, mint state
King George V's dying wish was HMY Britannia to follow him, as it were, to the grave. On 10 July 1936 she was stripped of her spars and fittings and sunk by HMS Winchester. This fate was to mark the end of big yacht racing in Europe.
(60-80 GBP)