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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 403

(x) The mounted group of nine miniature dress medals worn by Lieutenant-Commander Sir Peter Scott, C.H., C.B.E., D.S.C., late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Knight Bachelor's Badge; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, (C.B.E.), Military Division, Commander's 2nd type badge; Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar; 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, with France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; United States of America, European, African, and Middle Eastern Campaign Medal 1941-45; Netherlands, Kingdom, Order of the Golden Ark, Commander's badge, mounted court-style as worn, nearly extremely fine (9)


Peter Markham Scott was born in London on 14 September 1909, the only son of the famous Antarctic explorer, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, C.V.O. Educated at Oundle and Trinity College, Cambridge, his early passions were art, wildlife and sailing. Excelling at the last, he represented Great Britain in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal in the single-handed sailing event.

His subsequent career in Coastal Forces need little introduction here, his command of the 1st S.G.B. Flotilla at H.M.S. Aggressive in Newhaven proving just that: he was awarded the D.S.C. and Bar and thrice mentioned in despatches. He was also awarded the M.B.E. for his skills in camouflage work; see his definitive history Battle of the Narrow Seas.

After the War Scott founded the Severn Wildfowl Trust and in 1961 was one of the co-founders of the World Wildlife Fund, designing the Fund's well-known Panda logo. His sporting ambitions remained, skippering the yacht Sovereign in the 1964 America's Cup whilst President of the International Sailing Federation and he became British gliding champion in 1963, later taking up the post of Chairman of the British Gliding Association.

Between 1955 and 1981 he regularly appeared on the television, presenting the B.B.C. Natural History series Look. A long time Vice President of the British Naturalists' Association, he was honoured by Conservation and Zoological Societies both at home and abroad. In 1976 he was appointed a Commander of the Dutch Order of the Golden Ark, an Order of Knighthood founded in 1971 to honour outstanding wildlife conservationists; and in 1987 he was created a Companion of Honour (C.H.) and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Having achieved remarkable success in many fields, Sir Peter died in Bristol on 29 August 1989; sold with copied research.

Note: The C.H. is never represented in miniature.


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