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LOT 184

A World Speed Record silver tray presented by the Royal Automobile Club to Captain George Eyston, 1935,

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Lot 184

A World Speed Record silver tray presented by the Royal Automobile Club to Captain George Eyston, 1935,

A World Speed Record silver tray presented by the Royal Automobile Club to Captain George Eyston, 1935,

sterling silver tray by Walker & Hall of Sheffield, with pie-crust border and three scroll feet, the centre engraved 'Presented to Capt.G.E.T.Eyston by the Royal Automobile Club to Commemorate his Successful Attempt on World's Records Salt Beds, Utah, September 1935', measuring 31.5cm diameter, approximate weight 880gms.

Footnotes

Eyston was presented with this tray after his 24-hour Endurance Speed Record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in September of 1935 in the V12 Rolls-Royce Kestrel aero-engined 'Speed of the Wind' car, covering a distance of 3372 miles at an average speed of 140.52mph and beating Ab Jenkins' previous record set in the Duesenberg Special just days earlier.

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