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A GEORGE VI SILVER PRESENTATION SALVER, London, 1942, maker's mark of Peter Guille, in the George I style, of hexafoil form, on three molded bracket feet, the field engraved with monogram WE conjoined beneath a Royal Ducal coronet, above a presentation inscription and numerous signatures--14¼in.(36.2cm.) diam. 46.5oz.

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A GEORGE VI SILVER PRESENTATION SALVER, London, 1942, maker's mark of Peter Guille, in the George I style, of hexafoil form, on three molded bracket feet, the field engraved with monogram WE conjoined beneath a Royal Ducal coronet, above a presentation inscription and numerous signatures--14¼in.(36.2cm.) diam. 46.5oz.

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The inscription reads:
TO THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR WITH REAL AFFECTION FROM YOUR
AMERICAN FRIENDS AND THE SINCERE WISH THAT YOU RETURN SOON
Flanking the monogram WE are the signatures Edward and Wallie Windsor. The signatures of the donors appear below.

PROVENANCE
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor

This tray was presented to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor by a group of Americans to commemorate a visit to the United States in the early 1940s, when the Duke was Governor of the Bahamas. The signatures on this salver include those of some of their closest friends, including: Herman Rogers: He and his wife Katharine housed Wallis Simpson at Villa Lou Viei, their chateau in Cannes, during the abdication crisis in December, 1936. Herman Rogers "gave away" the bride at the wedding of Wallis and Edward on June 3, 1937. Robert R. Young and his wife, Anita, sister of Georgia O'Keefe