A 1936 Berlin Olympic Games bronze prize medal and diploma presented to the Great Britain yachtsman [Sir] Peter Scott, designed by Professor Giuseppe
£6,000 - £8,000
A 1936 Berlin Olympic Games bronze prize medal and diploma presented to the Great Britain yachtsman [Sir] Peter Scott, designed by Professor Giuseppe Cassioli, manufactured by B M Mayer of Pforzheim, with Victory seated above a stadium holding a palm branch, the reverse with a winner carried aloft by jubilant athletes, in original presentation case; the third prize diploma in its original presentation folio (2) Peter Scott won bronze in the newly introduced O-Jolle Class for single handed dinghies. The sailing took place on the Firth of Kiel between 4th and 12th August with 25 nations entering. Scott won the first race and led the field to about halfway. Sir Peter Markham Scott (1909-1989) was a celebrated ornithologist, conservationist and acclaimed artist. He was a founder of the World Wildlife Fund and established several wetlands bird sanctuaries in Britain, notably the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire.