Live Auction 7087The Sunday Sale
A GEORGE VI METAL MAP OR DRAWINGS CASE
Lot 30

A GEORGE VI METAL MAP OR DRAWINGS CASE

MID-20TH CENTURY

Closed31 July 2011

Price Realised

GBP 187

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A GEORGE VI METAL MAP OR DRAWINGS CASE
MID-20TH CENTURY
Inscribed Lt. C.E. LAMBE. R.N.; together with a small leather trunk, the cover with initials H.A.N., interior lined with red silk
The first, 42 1/8 in. (107 cm.) high (2)

Specialist note

Sir Charles Edward Lambe served as Commanding Officer of the HMS Dunedin and as equerry to King Edward VIII and George VI. The case likely dates to 1942, when Lambe worked as Director of the Plans Division, Admiralty.