Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval Relic, a roughly triangular segment of armoured glass, 170x145x150mm., 38mm. thick, mounted on wooden base, 258x71x35mm., with metal label reading, ‘H.M.S. Royal Oak off North Spain 12.5.37 caused by sea’; also with a photograph of the battleship, glazed, in a wooden frame, 304x252mm. (all dimensions approximate); ‘50th Anniversary H.M.S. Royal Oak’ Envelope, 20p stamp, bearing ‘anniversary’ franking mark, dated 14 October 1989, good condition (3)

H.M.S. Royal Oak was sunk by the German submarine U47 (commanded by Günther Prien) while at anchor in Scapa Flow on 14 October 1939.