Everest Interest - Italian 800 standard white metal salver with pierced Baroque style border, presented to Sir John Hunt by the International Film Festival, Trento, stamped 800 mark to verso, 29.5cm diameter, 570 grams approx

Sir John Hunt is best known as the leader of the successful 1953 British expedition to Mount Everest and the first director of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. He was knighted in 1966 and invested as a Knight of the Garter in 1974.