Lot Essay
The SMS Nurnberg was scuttled at Scapa Flow
The following lot was the property of Petty Officer Harold Cayton RN, who served aboard HMS Royal Oak 1908-1919
A collection of ephemera relating to Petty Ofiicer Harold Cayton including a small four-draw telescope; a pair of French binoculars stamped Le Petit, Paris; an allied tobacco tin stamped Christmas 1914 decoratively embossed; an issue gunmetal pocket watch with leather strap, white enamel dial with Roman numerals -- 1¾in. (3.75cm.) dial dia; a certificate of service and other documents; two German medals: the Iron Cross with ribbon (detached) and the other a service medal from S.M.S. Moltke and a souvenir from the SMS Nurnberg in the shape of a bell and mounted on a board, engraved SMS Nurnberg, Scuttled 21 June 1919, salvaged by HMS Royal Oak
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A collection of ephemera relating to Petty Ofiicer Harold Cayton including a small four-draw telescope; a pair of French binoculars stamped Le Petit, Paris; an allied tobacco tin stamped Christmas 1914 decoratively embossed; an issue gunmetal pocket watch with leather strap, white enamel dial with Roman numerals -- 1¾in. (3.75cm.) dial dia; a certificate of service and other documents; two German medals: the Iron Cross with ribbon (detached) and the other a service medal from S.M.S. Moltke and a souvenir from the SMS Nurnberg in the shape of a bell and mounted on a board, engraved SMS Nurnberg, Scuttled 21 June 1919, salvaged by HMS Royal Oak
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