Miscellaneous Subjects, The Seagrave Medal, 1939, a bronze award, unsigned, bust of Sir Henry Seagrave left, rev. the Seagrave Trophy, named below in tablet (Lt. Comdr. P. du Cane. R.N. [Retd], 1939), 51mm. Matt surface, almost extremely fine and an exceptionally rare item associated with the breaking of the World water speed record £400-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer.

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Peter Du Cane was appointed managing director of Vosper & Co in 1931 and held the post until his retirement in 1963. A man of immense vision, he was very much the driving force behind the design and building of the Bluebird II [K4] in which Sir Malcolm Campbell broke his own world water speed record on Lake Coniston on 19 August 1939 at 141.74 mph. Campbell received the Seagrave trophy and Du Cane the medal. During the War years Vospers, under du Cane, were responsible for building over 500 fast MTBs, du Cane having invented the craft in 1936. After the war he was part of the team involved in John Cobb's ill-fated Crusader campaign